LaMgGa11O19:Cr3+ ceramic enabling high-brightness laser-driven broadband near-infrared light

LED-based near-infrared (NIR) light sources are of considerable interest for advanced NIR spectroscopy technologies. However, LED "efficiency droop" presents a major challenge to achieving high-brightness NIR light. In this study, LaMgGa 11 O 19 :Cr 3+ (LMG:Cr 3+ ) ceramic was developed as a NIR color converter to achieve high-brightness laser-driven NIR light. The effects of fabrication temperature and Cr 3+ doping concentration on the luminescent properties of LMG:Cr 3+ ceramics were thoroughly investigated. Under blue light excitation, LMG:Cr 3+ ceramic exhibits a broadband NIR emission peak at 730 nm, with a high external quantum efficiency of 55.4 %. Due to its excellent heat dissipation performance and high-temperature stability, LMG:Cr 3+ ceramic can generate high-brightness NIR light, achieving an output power of 1.2 W when excited by a blue laser with power density of 7.50 W mm −2 . Finally, a laser-driven NIR light source has been successfully packaged, demonstrating the capability to meet various intelligent spectroscopy applications in biomedical imaging and non-destructive detection.