Tuning the correlated color temperature of white light-emitting diodes resembling Planckian locus.

We report a new electrically tunable color filter to actively adjust the correlated color temperature of white light-emitting diodes. With four passive cholesteric films and an active polarization rotator, both circular polarizations of the incident light are utilized to generate complementary blue and yellow colors. The blue/yellow ratio can be tuned by the applied voltage of the polarization rotator. In experiment, the tunable color filter offers a reasonably wide tuning range (1900 K and 2400 K), which resembles the Planckian locus. This design is promising for next generation smart lighting.

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