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YAHAM is already used for some lighting applications

YAHAM is already used for some lighting applications such as camera flashes, bicycle lights, mobile phones and interior lighting for buses, trains and planes. But making it possible to use GaN for home and office lighting is the Holy Grail. If achieved, it could reduce the typical electricity consumption for lighting of a developed country by around 75% while delivering major cuts in carbon dioxide emissions from power stations, and preserving fossil fuel reserves.YAHAM LEDs have a very exciting future”, says Professor Humphreys. “In particular they are incredibly long lasting. A GaN LED can burn for 100,000hours - one hundred times longer than a traditional light bulb. In practice this means it only needs replacing after 60 years of normal household use. Also, unlike the energy-saving compact fluorescent lights now in use, GaN LEDs don't contain mercury so disposal is not such an environmental headache.”
However, important barriers need to be tackled to make use of these benefits. GaN LEDs are too expensive to manufacture. And the harsh quality of the light produced is another limiting factor. At the Cambridge Centre for Gallium Nitride where Professor Humphreys leads the research, a detailed new theory that explains the mystery of why GaN emits light so strongly has recently been developed in collaboration with Professor Phil Dawson of Manchester University.
Such understanding is vital to improving GaN lighting's quality and efficiency”, says Professor Humphreys. “Our centre is also working on an innovative technique for growing GaN on six-inch diameter silicon wafers, rather than the sapphire wafers used to date. This could deliver a tenfold reduction in manufacturing costs and so help GaN lighting penetrate new markets.” Another of the centre's projects is investigating how GaN lighting could be made to mimic sunlight which could have important benefits for sufferers of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).YAHAM lighting should start making its mark in homes and offices within about five years”, predicts Professor Humphreys. “That won't just be good news for the environment - it will also benefit consumers in terms of convenience, electricity bills and quality of life.”

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