How to Use phosphor in a Sentence

phosphor

noun

• One layer, closer to where the holes enter, was doped with a red-emitting phosphor.
  — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
• The other one, positioned farther away, was doped with phosphor-emitting cyan light.
  — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
• Each of the three electron guns was aimed at only one phosphor dot in each of the RGB triplets.
  — Brian Santo, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Dec. 2018
• Similarly, their laser-phosphor light engine can't show laser speckle, which can be an issue for tri-color laser sources.
  — M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 17 May 2026
• The scientists were also able to create modified phosphors that glowed in colors like green, red, and blue.
  — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2025
• Afterglow phosphor particles absorb light and then release it slowly over time.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025
• Color in TVs was achieved by exciting phosphor dots on the internal side of TV screens.
  — Brian Santo, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Dec. 2018
• The plasma emitted electrons, the electrons interacted with the phosphor, and the phosphor emitted light.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Oct. 2019
• The idea was to put three phosphors in each cell—one each for red, green, and blue (RGB)—and to control them with separate electrodes.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Oct. 2019
• Adding more and redder phosphors to a white LED makes its light look warmer and more agreeable to the eye—but at the cost of reduced efficiency.
  — Jeff Hecht, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2016
• Scientists began describing minerals that glowed in the dark as phosphors in the Middle Ages.
  — ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2026
• Even after ten cycles of being transformed back and forth between phosphor and glass, the material still kept 95 percent of its original performance.
  — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
• Epson rates its laser-phosphor light source at 4,500 ISO lumens and as having a 20,000-hour life at full power.
  — PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
• Cree’s breakthrough involved adding a new high-efficiency red-emitting LED to the standard blue LED with yellow phosphors.
  — Jeff Hecht, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2016
• To make the fluorescent succulents, the team injected the plants with phosphor particles that can absorb energy from light at one wavelength, store some of it, and then re-emit it at another wavelength, similar to how glow-in-the-dark paint works.
  — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
• In addition, the Generation 3 system relied on light intensification and used a green phosphor display that offered relatively poor contrast.
  — David Szondy may 17, New Atlas, 17 May 2026
• The cheapest and most efficient way to make white light from an LED is to shine light from one or more powerful blue LEDs onto compounds called phosphors that absorb blue light and emit yellow light.
  — Jeff Hecht, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2016
• The element plays an important role in superconductors, advanced alloys, ceramics, phosphors, and other high-performance technologies.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
• The afterglow phosphor compound – which is similar to those found in glow-in-the-dark toys – is inexpensive, biocompatible, and negates the need for more complex methods of infusing bioluminescence in plants, like genetic modification.
  — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2025
• In their study, the team synthesized a yellow-emissive material called ETP2SbCl5 phosphor using a simple solution process at room temperature.
  — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
• August's list includes a 3D digital reconstruction of the Shroud of Turin; injecting succulent leaves with phosphors to create plants that glow in different colors; a nifty shape-changing antenna; and snails with a unique ability to grow back their eyeballs.
  — ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2025