A light generator comprises a light conversion device and a light source arranged to apply a light beam to the light conversion element. The light conversion device includes an optoceramic or other solid phosphor element comprising one or more phosphors embedded in a ceramic, glass, or other host, a metal heat sink, and a solder bond attaching the optoceramic phosphor element to the metal heat sink. The optoceramic phosphor element does not undergo cracking in response to the light source applying a light beam of beam energy effective to heat the optoceramic phosphor element to the phosphor quenching point.

A light generator comprises a light conversion device and a light source arranged to apply a light beam to the light conversion element. The light conversion device includes an optoceramic or other solid phosphor element comprising one or more phosphors embedded in a ceramic, glass, or other host, a metal heat sink, and a solder bond attaching the optoceramic phosphor element to the metal heat sink. The optoceramic phosphor element does not undergo cracking in response to the light source applying a light beam of beam energy effective to heat the optoceramic phosphor element to the phosphor quenching point.

Alkali aluminosilicate glasses that are resistant to damage due to sharp impact and capable of fast ion exchange are provided. The glasses comprise at least 4 mol % P.sub.2O.sub.5 and, when ion exchanged, have a Vickers indentation crack initiation load of at least about 7 kgf.

The present invention is directed to a method for preparing a glass device comprising the steps of: —preparing a mixture comprising: —at least two glass components, —a solvent, —at least one binder system, —optionally at least one defoamer, —blending the mixture to form a blend mixture, —grinding the blend mixture to form a grinded mixture, —casting the grinded mixture to form a layer, and —drying the layer to form a dried layer of a glass device. The present invention is further directed to a glass device, a wavelength converter and a light emitting device comprising the glass device and/or the wavelength converter.

The present invention relates to a divalent manganese-doped all-inorganic perovskite quantum dot glass, and constituents of the divalent manganese-doped all-inorganic perovskite quantum dot glass are as follows: B.sub.2O.sub.3: 25%-45%, SiO.sub.2: 25%-45%, MCO.sub.3: 1%-10%, Al.sub.2O.sub.3: 1%-10%, ZnO: 1%-5%, Cs.sub.2CO.sub.3: 1%-10%, PbCl.sub.2: 1%-10%, NaCl: 1%-10%, MnCl.sub.2: 1%-10%, wherein M is Ca, Sr or Ba. Preparation of the quantum dot glass is as follows: grinding each raw constituent materials and mixing well to form a mixture, melting the mixture, followed by molding, annealing and performing thermal treatment. By the thermal treatment at different temperatures, a divalent manganese-doped quantum dot glass can be obtained. The divalent manganese ions doped perovskite quantum dot glass is a kind of light-emitting material with great application prospect, for possessing good stability and rather high fluorescence quantum yield.

A copper-doped glass formed by placing a target glass in a container, surrounding the target glass with a powder mixture comprised of SiO.sub.2 powder and Cu.sub.2S powder, wherein the SiO.sub.2 powder and the Cu.sub.2S powder are mixed according to the formula (SiO.sub.2).sub.(1-x)(Cu.sub.2S).sub.x, where 0.01<x<0.1, and heated to a temperature of between 800° C. and 1150° C. for a duration of between 1 and 10 hours.

The invention relates to a conversion element comprising a wavelength-converting conversion material, a matrix material in which the conversion material is inserted, and a substrate on which the matrix material and the conversion material are directly arranged, the matrix material comprising at least one condensed sol-gel material selected from the following group: water glass, metal phosphate, aluminium phosphate, monoaluminium phosphate, modified monoaluminium phosphate, alkoxytetramethoxysilane, tetraethyl orthosilicate, methyltrimethoxysilane, methyltriethoxysilane, titanium alkoxide, silica sol, metal alkoxide, metal oxane or metal alkoxane, the conversion element being arranged in the beam path of a laser source, the conversion element being mounted in a mechanically immobile manner in relation to the laser source, and the radiation of the laser source being dynamically arranged in relation to the conversion element.

The glass ceramic material of the present disclosure contains a glass that contains SiO.sub.2, B.sub.2O.sub.3, Al.sub.2O.sub.3, and M.sub.2O, where M is an alkali metal, and a filler that contains quartz, Al.sub.2O.sub.3, and ZrO.sub.2. The glass ceramic material contains the glass in an amount of 57.4% by weight or more and 67.4% by weight or less, the quartz in the filler in an amount of 29% by weight or more and 39% by weight or less, the Al.sub.2O.sub.3 in the filler in an amount of 1.8% by weight or more and 5% by weight or less, and the ZrO.sub.2 in the filler in an amount of 0.3% by weight or more and 1.8% by weight or less.

A spark plug resistance element that includes at least one inorganic amorphous oxide and at least one first inorganic crystalline oxide having a relative dielectric permittivity of at most 15. A spark plug that includes at least one spark plug resistance element is also described.

Provided is a wavelength conversion member that can be readily adjusted in chromaticity and can be increased in productivity and a production method for the wavelength conversion member. A wavelength conversion member 1 having a first principal surface 1a and a second principal surface 1b opposed to each other includes a glass matrix 2 and phosphor particles 3 disposed in the glass matrix 2, wherein concentrations of the phosphor particles 3 in the first principal surface 1a and in the second principal surface 1b are higher than concentrations of the phosphor particles 3 in surface layer bottom planes 1c and 1d located 20 μm inward from the first principal surface 1a and 20 μm inward from the second principal surface 1b, respectively.