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United_States_Air_Force
In response to the 2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates accepted in June 2009 the resignations of Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force General T. Michael Moseley. Moseley's successor, General Norton A. Schwartz, a former tac...
Who was appointed to the Chief of Staff of the Air Force following Mosley's resignation?
{ "text": [ "General Norton A. Schwartz" ], "answer_start": [ 280 ] }
57314c7c05b4da19006bcfff
United_States_Air_Force
In response to the 2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates accepted in June 2009 the resignations of Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force General T. Michael Moseley. Moseley's successor, General Norton A. Schwartz, a former tac...
What newspaper reported on Schwartz's dismantlement of the US Air Force's class system?
{ "text": [ "The Washington Post" ], "answer_start": [ 472 ] }
57314e60a5e9cc1400cdbe49
United_States_Air_Force
Daniel L. Magruder, Jr defines USAF culture as a combination of the rigorous application of advanced technology, individualism and progressive airpower theory. Major General Charles J. Dunlap, Jr. adds that the U.S. Air Force's culture also includes an egalitarianism bred from officers perceiving themselves as their se...
What author wrote about the US Air Force egalitarian culture?
{ "text": [ "Major General Charles J. Dunlap, Jr." ], "answer_start": [ 160 ] }
57314e60a5e9cc1400cdbe4a
United_States_Air_Force
Daniel L. Magruder, Jr defines USAF culture as a combination of the rigorous application of advanced technology, individualism and progressive airpower theory. Major General Charles J. Dunlap, Jr. adds that the U.S. Air Force's culture also includes an egalitarianism bred from officers perceiving themselves as their se...
How does the US Air Force differ from other branches of the military?
{ "text": [ "an organization in which mostly its officers fought" ], "answer_start": [ 734 ] }
57314e60a5e9cc1400cdbe4b
United_States_Air_Force
Daniel L. Magruder, Jr defines USAF culture as a combination of the rigorous application of advanced technology, individualism and progressive airpower theory. Major General Charles J. Dunlap, Jr. adds that the U.S. Air Force's culture also includes an egalitarianism bred from officers perceiving themselves as their se...
How have the enlisted forces of the US Air Force been seen?
{ "text": [ "primarily a rear echelon support force" ], "answer_start": [ 828 ] }
57314fe6497a881900248db7
United_States_Air_Force
Cultural and career issues in the U.S. Air Force have been cited as one of the reasons for the shortfall in needed UAV operators. In spite of an urgent need for UAVs or drones to provide round the clock coverage for American troops during the Iraq War, the USAF did not establish a new career field for piloting them unt...
What is the reason for the shortage of UAV operators in the US Air Force?
{ "text": [ "Cultural and career issues" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }
57314fe6497a881900248db8
United_States_Air_Force
Cultural and career issues in the U.S. Air Force have been cited as one of the reasons for the shortfall in needed UAV operators. In spite of an urgent need for UAVs or drones to provide round the clock coverage for American troops during the Iraq War, the USAF did not establish a new career field for piloting them unt...
During what war the the USAF establish a new career field for piloting UAVs and drones?
{ "text": [ "Iraq War" ], "answer_start": [ 243 ] }
57314fe6497a881900248db9
United_States_Air_Force
Cultural and career issues in the U.S. Air Force have been cited as one of the reasons for the shortfall in needed UAV operators. In spite of an urgent need for UAVs or drones to provide round the clock coverage for American troops during the Iraq War, the USAF did not establish a new career field for piloting them unt...
Why did the USAF change its training methods on UAVs in 2014?
{ "text": [ "large aircraft losses in training" ], "answer_start": [ 417 ] }
57314fe6497a881900248dba
United_States_Air_Force
Cultural and career issues in the U.S. Air Force have been cited as one of the reasons for the shortfall in needed UAV operators. In spite of an urgent need for UAVs or drones to provide round the clock coverage for American troops during the Iraq War, the USAF did not establish a new career field for piloting them unt...
What branch of the US Military does a cultural divide prevent the US Air Force from adopting their drone protocols?
{ "text": [ "US Army" ], "answer_start": [ 596 ] }
573156ffe6313a140071ce3a
United_States_Air_Force
Many of the U.S. Air Force's formal and informal traditions are an amalgamation of those taken from the Royal Air Force (e.g., dining-ins/mess nights) or the experiences of its predecessor organizations such as the U.S. Army Air Service, U.S. Army Air Corps and the U.S. Army Air Forces. Some of these traditions range f...
Where did some of the US Air Force traditions come from?
{ "text": [ "Royal Air Force" ], "answer_start": [ 104 ] }
573156ffe6313a140071ce3b
United_States_Air_Force
Many of the U.S. Air Force's formal and informal traditions are an amalgamation of those taken from the Royal Air Force (e.g., dining-ins/mess nights) or the experiences of its predecessor organizations such as the U.S. Army Air Service, U.S. Army Air Corps and the U.S. Army Air Forces. Some of these traditions range f...
What traditions does the US Air Force have?
{ "text": [ "\"Friday Name Tags\" in flying units" ], "answer_start": [ 324 ] }
573156ffe6313a140071ce3c
United_States_Air_Force
Many of the U.S. Air Force's formal and informal traditions are an amalgamation of those taken from the Royal Air Force (e.g., dining-ins/mess nights) or the experiences of its predecessor organizations such as the U.S. Army Air Service, U.S. Army Air Corps and the U.S. Army Air Forces. Some of these traditions range f...
What organization did the US Air Force adopt "Challenge Coins" from?
{ "text": [ "U.S. Army" ], "answer_start": [ 468 ] }
573158b9e6313a140071ce56
United_States_Air_Force
The United States Air Force has had numerous recruiting slogans including "No One Comes Close" and Uno Ab Alto ("One From On High"). For many years, the U.S. Air Force used "Aim High" as its recruiting slogan; more recently, they have used "Cross into the Blue", "We've been waiting for you" and "Do Something Amazing", ...
What was a recent US Air Force recruiting slogan?
{ "text": [ "\"No One Comes Close\"" ], "answer_start": [ 74 ] }
573158b9e6313a140071ce57
United_States_Air_Force
The United States Air Force has had numerous recruiting slogans including "No One Comes Close" and Uno Ab Alto ("One From On High"). For many years, the U.S. Air Force used "Aim High" as its recruiting slogan; more recently, they have used "Cross into the Blue", "We've been waiting for you" and "Do Something Amazing", ...
What does the USAF slogan Uno Ab Alto mean?
{ "text": [ "\"One From On High\"" ], "answer_start": [ 112 ] }
573158b9e6313a140071ce58
United_States_Air_Force
The United States Air Force has had numerous recruiting slogans including "No One Comes Close" and Uno Ab Alto ("One From On High"). For many years, the U.S. Air Force used "Aim High" as its recruiting slogan; more recently, they have used "Cross into the Blue", "We've been waiting for you" and "Do Something Amazing", ...
What is the most recent US Air Force recruitment slogan in October 2010?
{ "text": [ "\"Aim high\" followed with the response, \"Fly-Fight-Win\"" ], "answer_start": [ 407 ] }
573158b9e6313a140071ce59
United_States_Air_Force
The United States Air Force has had numerous recruiting slogans including "No One Comes Close" and Uno Ab Alto ("One From On High"). For many years, the U.S. Air Force used "Aim High" as its recruiting slogan; more recently, they have used "Cross into the Blue", "We've been waiting for you" and "Do Something Amazing", ...
Where can individual each USAF wing, group or squadrons individual motto be found?
{ "text": [ "wing, group, or squadron websites" ], "answer_start": [ 573 ] }
5730c0c0396df9190009631e
Light-emitting_diode
Recent developments in LEDs permit them to be used in environmental and task lighting. LEDs have many advantages over incandescent light sources including lower energy consumption, longer lifetime, improved physical robustness, smaller size, and faster switching. Light-emitting diodes are now used in applications as di...
What type of atmosphere can LED lighting be used?
{ "text": [ "environmental" ], "answer_start": [ 54 ] }
5730c0c0396df9190009631f
Light-emitting_diode
Recent developments in LEDs permit them to be used in environmental and task lighting. LEDs have many advantages over incandescent light sources including lower energy consumption, longer lifetime, improved physical robustness, smaller size, and faster switching. Light-emitting diodes are now used in applications as di...
What is an advantage to using LED lighting over the normal light sources?
{ "text": [ "longer lifetime" ], "answer_start": [ 181 ] }
5730c0c0396df91900096320
Light-emitting_diode
Recent developments in LEDs permit them to be used in environmental and task lighting. LEDs have many advantages over incandescent light sources including lower energy consumption, longer lifetime, improved physical robustness, smaller size, and faster switching. Light-emitting diodes are now used in applications as di...
What does LED stand for?
{ "text": [ "Light-emitting diodes" ], "answer_start": [ 264 ] }
5730c0c0396df91900096321
Light-emitting_diode
Recent developments in LEDs permit them to be used in environmental and task lighting. LEDs have many advantages over incandescent light sources including lower energy consumption, longer lifetime, improved physical robustness, smaller size, and faster switching. Light-emitting diodes are now used in applications as di...
Why are some people hesitant to use LED lighting?
{ "text": [ "more expensive" ], "answer_start": [ 531 ] }
5730c0c0396df91900096322
Light-emitting_diode
Recent developments in LEDs permit them to be used in environmental and task lighting. LEDs have many advantages over incandescent light sources including lower energy consumption, longer lifetime, improved physical robustness, smaller size, and faster switching. Light-emitting diodes are now used in applications as di...
What is a popular use for LED lighting?
{ "text": [ "traffic signals" ], "answer_start": [ 401 ] }
5730c1d7069b531400832311
Light-emitting_diode
Electroluminescence as a phenomenon was discovered in 1907 by the British experimenter H. J. Round of Marconi Labs, using a crystal of silicon carbide and a cat's-whisker detector. Soviet inventor Oleg Losev reported creation of the first LED in 1927. His research was distributed in Soviet, German and British scientifi...
LED lighting is the end result of what phenomenon?
{ "text": [ "Electroluminescence" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }
5730c1d7069b531400832312
Light-emitting_diode
Electroluminescence as a phenomenon was discovered in 1907 by the British experimenter H. J. Round of Marconi Labs, using a crystal of silicon carbide and a cat's-whisker detector. Soviet inventor Oleg Losev reported creation of the first LED in 1927. His research was distributed in Soviet, German and British scientifi...
When was Electroluminescence discovered?
{ "text": [ "1907" ], "answer_start": [ 54 ] }
5730c1d7069b531400832313
Light-emitting_diode
Electroluminescence as a phenomenon was discovered in 1907 by the British experimenter H. J. Round of Marconi Labs, using a crystal of silicon carbide and a cat's-whisker detector. Soviet inventor Oleg Losev reported creation of the first LED in 1927. His research was distributed in Soviet, German and British scientifi...
What was the nationality of the man who discovered Electroluminescence?
{ "text": [ "British" ], "answer_start": [ 66 ] }
5730c1d7069b531400832314
Light-emitting_diode
Electroluminescence as a phenomenon was discovered in 1907 by the British experimenter H. J. Round of Marconi Labs, using a crystal of silicon carbide and a cat's-whisker detector. Soviet inventor Oleg Losev reported creation of the first LED in 1927. His research was distributed in Soviet, German and British scientifi...
What type of detector did H.J. Round use to help him in his discovery?
{ "text": [ "cat's-whisker" ], "answer_start": [ 157 ] }
5730c1d7069b531400832315
Light-emitting_diode
Electroluminescence as a phenomenon was discovered in 1907 by the British experimenter H. J. Round of Marconi Labs, using a crystal of silicon carbide and a cat's-whisker detector. Soviet inventor Oleg Losev reported creation of the first LED in 1927. His research was distributed in Soviet, German and British scientifi...
Who is the Soviet man that created the first LED?
{ "text": [ "Oleg Losev" ], "answer_start": [ 197 ] }
5730c3e8f6cb411900e24474
Light-emitting_diode
In 1957, Braunstein further demonstrated that the rudimentary devices could be used for non-radio communication across a short distance. As noted by Kroemer Braunstein".. had set up a simple optical communications link: Music emerging from a record player was used via suitable electronics to modulate the forward curren...
What year was it discovered that early LED instruments could be used for non-radio communication?
{ "text": [ "1957" ], "answer_start": [ 3 ] }
5730c3e8f6cb411900e24475
Light-emitting_diode
In 1957, Braunstein further demonstrated that the rudimentary devices could be used for non-radio communication across a short distance. As noted by Kroemer Braunstein".. had set up a simple optical communications link: Music emerging from a record player was used via suitable electronics to modulate the forward curren...
Who discovered non-radio uses for early LED devices?
{ "text": [ "Kroemer Braunstein" ], "answer_start": [ 149 ] }
5730c3e8f6cb411900e24476
Light-emitting_diode
In 1957, Braunstein further demonstrated that the rudimentary devices could be used for non-radio communication across a short distance. As noted by Kroemer Braunstein".. had set up a simple optical communications link: Music emerging from a record player was used via suitable electronics to modulate the forward curren...
The current in non-radio communication had to go through what type of component?
{ "text": [ "a GaAs diode" ], "answer_start": [ 325 ] }
5730c3e8f6cb411900e24477
Light-emitting_diode
In 1957, Braunstein further demonstrated that the rudimentary devices could be used for non-radio communication across a short distance. As noted by Kroemer Braunstein".. had set up a simple optical communications link: Music emerging from a record player was used via suitable electronics to modulate the forward curren...
What other component was needed to detect the first current of a non-radio signal?
{ "text": [ "a PbS diode" ], "answer_start": [ 373 ] }
5730c3e8f6cb411900e24478
Light-emitting_diode
In 1957, Braunstein further demonstrated that the rudimentary devices could be used for non-radio communication across a short distance. As noted by Kroemer Braunstein".. had set up a simple optical communications link: Music emerging from a record player was used via suitable electronics to modulate the forward curren...
What final device was needed to hear the signal from the initial GaAs diode?
{ "text": [ "audio amplifier" ], "answer_start": [ 433 ] }
5730c541f6cb411900e2447e
Light-emitting_diode
In September 1961, while working at Texas Instruments in Dallas, Texas, James R. Biard and Gary Pittman discovered near-infrared (900 nm) light emission from a tunnel diode they had constructed on a GaAs substrate. By October 1961, they had demonstrated efficient light emission and signal coupling between a GaAs p-n ju...
In what state what near-infrared light emission discovered?
{ "text": [ "Texas" ], "answer_start": [ 65 ] }
5730c541f6cb411900e2447f
Light-emitting_diode
In September 1961, while working at Texas Instruments in Dallas, Texas, James R. Biard and Gary Pittman discovered near-infrared (900 nm) light emission from a tunnel diode they had constructed on a GaAs substrate. By October 1961, they had demonstrated efficient light emission and signal coupling between a GaAs p-n ju...
What type of diode was used to help discover near-infrared light emission?
{ "text": [ "tunnel" ], "answer_start": [ 160 ] }
5730c541f6cb411900e24480
Light-emitting_diode
In September 1961, while working at Texas Instruments in Dallas, Texas, James R. Biard and Gary Pittman discovered near-infrared (900 nm) light emission from a tunnel diode they had constructed on a GaAs substrate. By October 1961, they had demonstrated efficient light emission and signal coupling between a GaAs p-n ju...
In what year was the patent filed for the Semiconductor Radiant Diode?
{ "text": [ "1962" ], "answer_start": [ 412 ] }
5730c541f6cb411900e24481
Light-emitting_diode
In September 1961, while working at Texas Instruments in Dallas, Texas, James R. Biard and Gary Pittman discovered near-infrared (900 nm) light emission from a tunnel diode they had constructed on a GaAs substrate. By October 1961, they had demonstrated efficient light emission and signal coupling between a GaAs p-n ju...
What was the first practical LED?
{ "text": [ "GaAs infrared (IR) light-emitting diode" ], "answer_start": [ 917 ] }
5730c541f6cb411900e24482
Light-emitting_diode
In September 1961, while working at Texas Instruments in Dallas, Texas, James R. Biard and Gary Pittman discovered near-infrared (900 nm) light emission from a tunnel diode they had constructed on a GaAs substrate. By October 1961, they had demonstrated efficient light emission and signal coupling between a GaAs p-n ju...
The two inventors of the first practical diode were employed by what famous company?
{ "text": [ "Texas Instruments (TI)" ], "answer_start": [ 1044 ] }
5730c6cbf6cb411900e24488
Light-emitting_diode
The first visible-spectrum (red) LED was developed in 1962 by Nick Holonyak, Jr., while working at General Electric Company. Holonyak first reported his LED in the journal Applied Physics Letters on the December 1, 1962. M. George Craford, a former graduate student of Holonyak, invented the first yellow LED and improve...
At what global company was the first visible-spectrum LED developed?
{ "text": [ "General Electric Company" ], "answer_start": [ 99 ] }
5730c6cbf6cb411900e24489
Light-emitting_diode
The first visible-spectrum (red) LED was developed in 1962 by Nick Holonyak, Jr., while working at General Electric Company. Holonyak first reported his LED in the journal Applied Physics Letters on the December 1, 1962. M. George Craford, a former graduate student of Holonyak, invented the first yellow LED and improve...
What GE employee developed the visible-spectrum LED?
{ "text": [ "Nick Holonyak, Jr." ], "answer_start": [ 62 ] }
5730c6cbf6cb411900e2448a
Light-emitting_diode
The first visible-spectrum (red) LED was developed in 1962 by Nick Holonyak, Jr., while working at General Electric Company. Holonyak first reported his LED in the journal Applied Physics Letters on the December 1, 1962. M. George Craford, a former graduate student of Holonyak, invented the first yellow LED and improve...
What color is associated with the visible-spectrum LED?
{ "text": [ "red" ], "answer_start": [ 28 ] }
5730c6cbf6cb411900e2448b
Light-emitting_diode
The first visible-spectrum (red) LED was developed in 1962 by Nick Holonyak, Jr., while working at General Electric Company. Holonyak first reported his LED in the journal Applied Physics Letters on the December 1, 1962. M. George Craford, a former graduate student of Holonyak, invented the first yellow LED and improve...
What color LED was later created in 1972?
{ "text": [ "yellow" ], "answer_start": [ 298 ] }
5730c6cbf6cb411900e2448c
Light-emitting_diode
The first visible-spectrum (red) LED was developed in 1962 by Nick Holonyak, Jr., while working at General Electric Company. Holonyak first reported his LED in the journal Applied Physics Letters on the December 1, 1962. M. George Craford, a former graduate student of Holonyak, invented the first yellow LED and improve...
What graduate student of Holonyak created the yellow LED?
{ "text": [ "M. George Craford" ], "answer_start": [ 221 ] }
5730c888aca1c71400fe5ab7
Light-emitting_diode
The first commercial LEDs were commonly used as replacements for incandescent and neon indicator lamps, and in seven-segment displays, first in expensive equipment such as laboratory and electronics test equipment, then later in such appliances as TVs, radios, telephones, calculators, as well as watches (see list of si...
What was the first commercial uses of LEDs?
{ "text": [ "replacements for incandescent and neon indicator lamps" ], "answer_start": [ 48 ] }
5730c888aca1c71400fe5ab8
Light-emitting_diode
The first commercial LEDs were commonly used as replacements for incandescent and neon indicator lamps, and in seven-segment displays, first in expensive equipment such as laboratory and electronics test equipment, then later in such appliances as TVs, radios, telephones, calculators, as well as watches (see list of si...
How much did the early LEDs cost?
{ "text": [ "US$200 per unit" ], "answer_start": [ 409 ] }
5730c888aca1c71400fe5ab9
Light-emitting_diode
The first commercial LEDs were commonly used as replacements for incandescent and neon indicator lamps, and in seven-segment displays, first in expensive equipment such as laboratory and electronics test equipment, then later in such appliances as TVs, radios, telephones, calculators, as well as watches (see list of si...
What was one use of early LED light in products?
{ "text": [ "calculators" ], "answer_start": [ 853 ] }
5730c888aca1c71400fe5aba
Light-emitting_diode
The first commercial LEDs were commonly used as replacements for incandescent and neon indicator lamps, and in seven-segment displays, first in expensive equipment such as laboratory and electronics test equipment, then later in such appliances as TVs, radios, telephones, calculators, as well as watches (see list of si...
What modern company introduced LEDs in 1968?
{ "text": [ "Hewlett Packard (HP)" ], "answer_start": [ 631 ] }
5730c888aca1c71400fe5abb
Light-emitting_diode
The first commercial LEDs were commonly used as replacements for incandescent and neon indicator lamps, and in seven-segment displays, first in expensive equipment such as laboratory and electronics test equipment, then later in such appliances as TVs, radios, telephones, calculators, as well as watches (see list of si...
In what decade were production costs greatly reduced for LEDs to enable successful commercial uses?
{ "text": [ "1970s" ], "answer_start": [ 1041 ] }
5730f39205b4da19006bcc7e
Light-emitting_diode
The first high-brightness blue LED was demonstrated by Shuji Nakamura of Nichia Corporation in 1994 and was based on InGaN. In parallel, Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano in Nagoya were working on developing the important GaN nucleation on sapphire substrates and the demonstration of p-type doping of GaN. Nakamura, Akasa...
What color LED was demonstrated in 1994?
{ "text": [ "blue" ], "answer_start": [ 26 ] }
5730f39205b4da19006bcc7f
Light-emitting_diode
The first high-brightness blue LED was demonstrated by Shuji Nakamura of Nichia Corporation in 1994 and was based on InGaN. In parallel, Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano in Nagoya were working on developing the important GaN nucleation on sapphire substrates and the demonstration of p-type doping of GaN. Nakamura, Akasa...
Who demonstrated the first blue LED?
{ "text": [ "Shuji Nakamura" ], "answer_start": [ 55 ] }
5730f39205b4da19006bcc80
Light-emitting_diode
The first high-brightness blue LED was demonstrated by Shuji Nakamura of Nichia Corporation in 1994 and was based on InGaN. In parallel, Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano in Nagoya were working on developing the important GaN nucleation on sapphire substrates and the demonstration of p-type doping of GaN. Nakamura, Akasa...
What did Nakamura, Akasaki, and Amano receive for their work?
{ "text": [ "2014 Nobel prize in physics" ], "answer_start": [ 350 ] }
5730f39205b4da19006bcc81
Light-emitting_diode
The first high-brightness blue LED was demonstrated by Shuji Nakamura of Nichia Corporation in 1994 and was based on InGaN. In parallel, Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano in Nagoya were working on developing the important GaN nucleation on sapphire substrates and the demonstration of p-type doping of GaN. Nakamura, Akasa...
Who investigated the efficiency of high-brightness LED at Cardiff University in 1995?
{ "text": [ "Alberto Barbieri" ], "answer_start": [ 403 ] }
5730f39205b4da19006bcc82
Light-emitting_diode
The first high-brightness blue LED was demonstrated by Shuji Nakamura of Nichia Corporation in 1994 and was based on InGaN. In parallel, Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano in Nagoya were working on developing the important GaN nucleation on sapphire substrates and the demonstration of p-type doping of GaN. Nakamura, Akasa...
What substance did Barbieri use in his work with high-brightness LED?
{ "text": [ "indium tin oxide" ], "answer_start": [ 581 ] }
5730f4c0497a881900248aad
Light-emitting_diode
The attainment of high efficiency in blue LEDs was quickly followed by the development of the first white LED. In this device a Y 3Al 5O 12:Ce (known as "YAG") phosphor coating on the emitter absorbs some of the blue emission and produces yellow light through fluorescence. The combination of that yellow with remaining ...
What LED quickly followed the blue LEDs?
{ "text": [ "white" ], "answer_start": [ 100 ] }
5730f4c0497a881900248aaf
Light-emitting_diode
The attainment of high efficiency in blue LEDs was quickly followed by the development of the first white LED. In this device a Y 3Al 5O 12:Ce (known as "YAG") phosphor coating on the emitter absorbs some of the blue emission and produces yellow light through fluorescence. The combination of that yellow with remaining ...
What does the YAG phosphor coating produce?
{ "text": [ "yellow light" ], "answer_start": [ 239 ] }
5730f7c9e6313a140071cb0c
Light-emitting_diode
A P-N junction can convert absorbed light energy into a proportional electric current. The same process is reversed here (i.e. the P-N junction emits light when electrical energy is applied to it). This phenomenon is generally called electroluminescence, which can be defined as the emission of light from a semi-conduct...
What converts absorbed light energy into an electric current?
{ "text": [ "P-N junction" ], "answer_start": [ 2 ] }
5730f7c9e6313a140071cb0d
Light-emitting_diode
A P-N junction can convert absorbed light energy into a proportional electric current. The same process is reversed here (i.e. the P-N junction emits light when electrical energy is applied to it). This phenomenon is generally called electroluminescence, which can be defined as the emission of light from a semi-conduct...
What is the phenomenon where a P-N junction emits light when an electrical current is applied to it?
{ "text": [ "electroluminescence" ], "answer_start": [ 234 ] }
5730f7c9e6313a140071cb0e
Light-emitting_diode
A P-N junction can convert absorbed light energy into a proportional electric current. The same process is reversed here (i.e. the P-N junction emits light when electrical energy is applied to it). This phenomenon is generally called electroluminescence, which can be defined as the emission of light from a semi-conduct...
Where are the free electrons located in the production of electroluminescence?
{ "text": [ "the conduction band" ], "answer_start": [ 546 ] }
5730f7c9e6313a140071cb0f
Light-emitting_diode
A P-N junction can convert absorbed light energy into a proportional electric current. The same process is reversed here (i.e. the P-N junction emits light when electrical energy is applied to it). This phenomenon is generally called electroluminescence, which can be defined as the emission of light from a semi-conduct...
Whose energy levels are lower than the electrons in the electroluminescence process?
{ "text": [ "holes existing in the P-region" ], "answer_start": [ 492 ] }
5730f7c9e6313a140071cb10
Light-emitting_diode
A P-N junction can convert absorbed light energy into a proportional electric current. The same process is reversed here (i.e. the P-N junction emits light when electrical energy is applied to it). This phenomenon is generally called electroluminescence, which can be defined as the emission of light from a semi-conduct...
Why is some energy in the electroluminescence process emitted as heat and light?
{ "text": [ "to recombine the electrons and the holes" ], "answer_start": [ 774 ] }
5730f8caa5e9cc1400cdbb55
Light-emitting_diode
In September 2003, a new type of blue LED was demonstrated by Cree that consumes 24 mW at 20 milliamperes (mA). This produced a commercially packaged white light giving 65 lm/W at 20 mA, becoming the brightest white LED commercially available at the time, and more than four times as efficient as standard incandescents....
In what year was a new type of blue LED produced?
{ "text": [ "2003" ], "answer_start": [ 13 ] }
5730f8caa5e9cc1400cdbb56
Light-emitting_diode
In September 2003, a new type of blue LED was demonstrated by Cree that consumes 24 mW at 20 milliamperes (mA). This produced a commercially packaged white light giving 65 lm/W at 20 mA, becoming the brightest white LED commercially available at the time, and more than four times as efficient as standard incandescents....
Who demonstrated in 2003 the new type of blue LED?
{ "text": [ "Cree" ], "answer_start": [ 62 ] }
5730f8caa5e9cc1400cdbb57
Light-emitting_diode
In September 2003, a new type of blue LED was demonstrated by Cree that consumes 24 mW at 20 milliamperes (mA). This produced a commercially packaged white light giving 65 lm/W at 20 mA, becoming the brightest white LED commercially available at the time, and more than four times as efficient as standard incandescents....
How much more efficient as standard incandescents was the white LED commercially available in 2003?
{ "text": [ "four times" ], "answer_start": [ 270 ] }
5730f8caa5e9cc1400cdbb58
Light-emitting_diode
In September 2003, a new type of blue LED was demonstrated by Cree that consumes 24 mW at 20 milliamperes (mA). This produced a commercially packaged white light giving 65 lm/W at 20 mA, becoming the brightest white LED commercially available at the time, and more than four times as efficient as standard incandescents....
What is the typical operating current for high-power LEDs?
{ "text": [ "350 mA" ], "answer_start": [ 888 ] }
5730fa4b05b4da19006bccae
Light-emitting_diode
The most common symptom of LED (and diode laser) failure is the gradual lowering of light output and loss of efficiency. Sudden failures, although rare, can also occur. Early red LEDs were notable for their short service life. With the development of high-power LEDs the devices are subjected to higher junction temperat...
What is a symptom of LED failure?
{ "text": [ "loss of efficiency" ], "answer_start": [ 101 ] }
5730fa4b05b4da19006bccaf
Light-emitting_diode
The most common symptom of LED (and diode laser) failure is the gradual lowering of light output and loss of efficiency. Sudden failures, although rare, can also occur. Early red LEDs were notable for their short service life. With the development of high-power LEDs the devices are subjected to higher junction temperat...
What is rare in LED lighting?
{ "text": [ "Sudden failures" ], "answer_start": [ 121 ] }
5730fa4b05b4da19006bccb0
Light-emitting_diode
The most common symptom of LED (and diode laser) failure is the gradual lowering of light output and loss of efficiency. Sudden failures, although rare, can also occur. Early red LEDs were notable for their short service life. With the development of high-power LEDs the devices are subjected to higher junction temperat...
What was notable in early red LEDs?
{ "text": [ "their short service life" ], "answer_start": [ 201 ] }
5730fa4b05b4da19006bccb1
Light-emitting_diode
The most common symptom of LED (and diode laser) failure is the gradual lowering of light output and loss of efficiency. Sudden failures, although rare, can also occur. Early red LEDs were notable for their short service life. With the development of high-power LEDs the devices are subjected to higher junction temperat...
What could cause early light-output degradation in LEDs?
{ "text": [ "higher junction temperatures" ], "answer_start": [ 296 ] }
5730fa4b05b4da19006bccb2
Light-emitting_diode
The most common symptom of LED (and diode laser) failure is the gradual lowering of light output and loss of efficiency. Sudden failures, although rare, can also occur. Early red LEDs were notable for their short service life. With the development of high-power LEDs the devices are subjected to higher junction temperat...
What is a classification used in LED lighting to describe how much usefulness it will receive?
{ "text": [ "L70 or L50" ], "answer_start": [ 558 ] }
5730fb1b05b4da19006bccb8
Light-emitting_diode
Since LED efficacy is inversely proportional to operating temperature, LED technology is well suited for supermarket freezer lighting. Because LEDs produce less waste heat than incandescent lamps, their use in freezers can save on refrigeration costs as well. However, they may be more susceptible to frost and snow buil...
LED efficacy is inversely proportional to what?
{ "text": [ "operating temperature" ], "answer_start": [ 48 ] }
5730fb1b05b4da19006bccb9
Light-emitting_diode
Since LED efficacy is inversely proportional to operating temperature, LED technology is well suited for supermarket freezer lighting. Because LEDs produce less waste heat than incandescent lamps, their use in freezers can save on refrigeration costs as well. However, they may be more susceptible to frost and snow buil...
Where is LED lighting very well suited?
{ "text": [ "supermarket freezer" ], "answer_start": [ 105 ] }
5730fb1b05b4da19006bccba
Light-emitting_diode
Since LED efficacy is inversely proportional to operating temperature, LED technology is well suited for supermarket freezer lighting. Because LEDs produce less waste heat than incandescent lamps, their use in freezers can save on refrigeration costs as well. However, they may be more susceptible to frost and snow buil...
LEDs produce less waste heat than what other device?
{ "text": [ "incandescent lamps" ], "answer_start": [ 177 ] }
5730fb1b05b4da19006bccbb
Light-emitting_diode
Since LED efficacy is inversely proportional to operating temperature, LED technology is well suited for supermarket freezer lighting. Because LEDs produce less waste heat than incandescent lamps, their use in freezers can save on refrigeration costs as well. However, they may be more susceptible to frost and snow buil...
What is LED lighting more susceptible to than incandescent light?
{ "text": [ "frost" ], "answer_start": [ 301 ] }
5731085e497a881900248b1b
Light-emitting_diode
The first blue-violet LED using magnesium-doped gallium nitride was made at Stanford University in 1972 by Herb Maruska and Wally Rhines, doctoral students in materials science and engineering. At the time Maruska was on leave from RCA Laboratories, where he collaborated with Jacques Pankove on related work. In 1971, t...
The first blue-violet LED was developed at what University?
{ "text": [ "Stanford" ], "answer_start": [ 76 ] }
5731085e497a881900248b1c
Light-emitting_diode
The first blue-violet LED using magnesium-doped gallium nitride was made at Stanford University in 1972 by Herb Maruska and Wally Rhines, doctoral students in materials science and engineering. At the time Maruska was on leave from RCA Laboratories, where he collaborated with Jacques Pankove on related work. In 1971, t...
When was the first blue-violet LED developed?
{ "text": [ "1972" ], "answer_start": [ 99 ] }
5731085e497a881900248b1d
Light-emitting_diode
The first blue-violet LED using magnesium-doped gallium nitride was made at Stanford University in 1972 by Herb Maruska and Wally Rhines, doctoral students in materials science and engineering. At the time Maruska was on leave from RCA Laboratories, where he collaborated with Jacques Pankove on related work. In 1971, t...
What students developed the first blue-violet LED?
{ "text": [ "Herb Maruska and Wally Rhines" ], "answer_start": [ 107 ] }
5731085e497a881900248b1e
Light-emitting_diode
The first blue-violet LED using magnesium-doped gallium nitride was made at Stanford University in 1972 by Herb Maruska and Wally Rhines, doctoral students in materials science and engineering. At the time Maruska was on leave from RCA Laboratories, where he collaborated with Jacques Pankove on related work. In 1971, t...
What substance helped demonstrate the first blue electroluminescence?
{ "text": [ "zinc-doped gallium nitride" ], "answer_start": [ 455 ] }
57310d75497a881900248b47
Light-emitting_diode
In the late 1980s, key breakthroughs in GaN epitaxial growth and p-type doping ushered in the modern era of GaN-based optoelectronic devices. Building upon this foundation, Dr. Moustakas at Boston University patented a method for producing high-brightness blue LEDs using a new two-step process. Two years later, in 1993...
In what decade were breakthroughs made that brought in the modern era of GaN-based optoelectronic devices?
{ "text": [ "1980s" ], "answer_start": [ 12 ] }
57310d75497a881900248b48
Light-emitting_diode
In the late 1980s, key breakthroughs in GaN epitaxial growth and p-type doping ushered in the modern era of GaN-based optoelectronic devices. Building upon this foundation, Dr. Moustakas at Boston University patented a method for producing high-brightness blue LEDs using a new two-step process. Two years later, in 1993...
Who first patented a method to produce high-brightness blue LEDs?
{ "text": [ "Shuji Nakamura" ], "answer_start": [ 375 ] }
57310d75497a881900248b49
Light-emitting_diode
In the late 1980s, key breakthroughs in GaN epitaxial growth and p-type doping ushered in the modern era of GaN-based optoelectronic devices. Building upon this foundation, Dr. Moustakas at Boston University patented a method for producing high-brightness blue LEDs using a new two-step process. Two years later, in 1993...
Who first invented a method to produce high-brightness blue LEDs?
{ "text": [ "Dr. Moustakas" ], "answer_start": [ 173 ] }
57310d75497a881900248b4a
Light-emitting_diode
In the late 1980s, key breakthroughs in GaN epitaxial growth and p-type doping ushered in the modern era of GaN-based optoelectronic devices. Building upon this foundation, Dr. Moustakas at Boston University patented a method for producing high-brightness blue LEDs using a new two-step process. Two years later, in 1993...
What technology was made possible by high-power blue light sources?
{ "text": [ "BlueRay" ], "answer_start": [ 852 ] }
57310d75497a881900248b4b
Light-emitting_diode
In the late 1980s, key breakthroughs in GaN epitaxial growth and p-type doping ushered in the modern era of GaN-based optoelectronic devices. Building upon this foundation, Dr. Moustakas at Boston University patented a method for producing high-brightness blue LEDs using a new two-step process. Two years later, in 1993...
What is one modern gadget that benefits from high-power blue LED lighting?
{ "text": [ "tablets" ], "answer_start": [ 926 ] }
573111b1e6313a140071cbe2
Light-emitting_diode
Nakamura was awarded the 2006 Millennium Technology Prize for his invention. Nakamura, Hiroshi Amano and Isamu Akasaki were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014 for the invention of the blue LED. In 2015, a US court ruled that three companies (i.e. the litigants who had not previously settled out of court) that h...
What Nobel Prize did Nakamura, Amano, and Akasaki receive in 2014?
{ "text": [ "Physics" ], "answer_start": [ 151 ] }
573111b1e6313a140071cbe3
Light-emitting_diode
Nakamura was awarded the 2006 Millennium Technology Prize for his invention. Nakamura, Hiroshi Amano and Isamu Akasaki were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014 for the invention of the blue LED. In 2015, a US court ruled that three companies (i.e. the litigants who had not previously settled out of court) that h...
What award did Nakamura receive in 2006 for his invention?
{ "text": [ "Millennium Technology Prize" ], "answer_start": [ 30 ] }
573111b1e6313a140071cbe4
Light-emitting_diode
Nakamura was awarded the 2006 Millennium Technology Prize for his invention. Nakamura, Hiroshi Amano and Isamu Akasaki were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014 for the invention of the blue LED. In 2015, a US court ruled that three companies (i.e. the litigants who had not previously settled out of court) that h...
How many companies did a judge say infringed on Dr. Moustakas's prior blue light patent in 2015?
{ "text": [ "three" ], "answer_start": [ 233 ] }
573111b1e6313a140071cbe5
Light-emitting_diode
Nakamura was awarded the 2006 Millennium Technology Prize for his invention. Nakamura, Hiroshi Amano and Isamu Akasaki were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014 for the invention of the blue LED. In 2015, a US court ruled that three companies (i.e. the litigants who had not previously settled out of court) that h...
What was the fine given to the three companies?
{ "text": [ "not less than 13 million USD" ], "answer_start": [ 475 ] }
573112cae6313a140071cbf2
Light-emitting_diode
By the late 1990s, blue LEDs became widely available. They have an active region consisting of one or more InGaN quantum wells sandwiched between thicker layers of GaN, called cladding layers. By varying the relative In/Ga fraction in the InGaN quantum wells, the light emission can in theory be varied from violet to am...
What does AlGaN stand for?
{ "text": [ "Aluminium gallium nitride" ], "answer_start": [ 325 ] }
573112cae6313a140071cbf3
Light-emitting_diode
By the late 1990s, blue LEDs became widely available. They have an active region consisting of one or more InGaN quantum wells sandwiched between thicker layers of GaN, called cladding layers. By varying the relative In/Ga fraction in the InGaN quantum wells, the light emission can in theory be varied from violet to am...
What LEDs are more efficient when produced from the InGaN/GaN systems than without?
{ "text": [ "Green" ], "answer_start": [ 763 ] }
573113d805b4da19006bcd56
Light-emitting_diode
With nitrides containing aluminium, most often AlGaN and AlGaInN, even shorter wavelengths are achievable. Ultraviolet LEDs in a range of wavelengths are becoming available on the market. Near-UV emitters at wavelengths around 375–395 nm are already cheap and often encountered, for example, as black light lamp replacem...
What substance does nitrides contain?
{ "text": [ "aluminium" ], "answer_start": [ 25 ] }
573113d805b4da19006bcd57
Light-emitting_diode
With nitrides containing aluminium, most often AlGaN and AlGaInN, even shorter wavelengths are achievable. Ultraviolet LEDs in a range of wavelengths are becoming available on the market. Near-UV emitters at wavelengths around 375–395 nm are already cheap and often encountered, for example, as black light lamp replacem...
What sort of LEDs are becoming more available on the market?
{ "text": [ "Ultraviolet" ], "answer_start": [ 107 ] }
573113d805b4da19006bcd58
Light-emitting_diode
With nitrides containing aluminium, most often AlGaN and AlGaInN, even shorter wavelengths are achievable. Ultraviolet LEDs in a range of wavelengths are becoming available on the market. Near-UV emitters at wavelengths around 375–395 nm are already cheap and often encountered, for example, as black light lamp replacem...
What is the range of wavelengths for cheap UV LEDs?
{ "text": [ "375–395 nm" ], "answer_start": [ 227 ] }
573113d805b4da19006bcd59
Light-emitting_diode
With nitrides containing aluminium, most often AlGaN and AlGaInN, even shorter wavelengths are achievable. Ultraviolet LEDs in a range of wavelengths are becoming available on the market. Near-UV emitters at wavelengths around 375–395 nm are already cheap and often encountered, for example, as black light lamp replacem...
Shorter wavelength diodes provide wavelengths as low as what?
{ "text": [ "240 nm" ], "answer_start": [ 531 ] }
573113d805b4da19006bcd5a
Light-emitting_diode
With nitrides containing aluminium, most often AlGaN and AlGaInN, even shorter wavelengths are achievable. Ultraviolet LEDs in a range of wavelengths are becoming available on the market. Near-UV emitters at wavelengths around 375–395 nm are already cheap and often encountered, for example, as black light lamp replacem...
What UV wavelengths are found in sterilization devices?
{ "text": [ "250–270 nm" ], "answer_start": [ 683 ] }
5731151605b4da19006bcd74
Light-emitting_diode
White light can be formed by mixing differently colored lights; the most common method is to use red, green, and blue (RGB). Hence the method is called multi-color white LEDs (sometimes referred to as RGB LEDs). Because these need electronic circuits to control the blending and diffusion of different colors, and becaus...
What colors are used to form white light?
{ "text": [ "red, green, and blue" ], "answer_start": [ 97 ] }
5731151605b4da19006bcd75
Light-emitting_diode
White light can be formed by mixing differently colored lights; the most common method is to use red, green, and blue (RGB). Hence the method is called multi-color white LEDs (sometimes referred to as RGB LEDs). Because these need electronic circuits to control the blending and diffusion of different colors, and becaus...
What is the method called that mixes red, green, and blue colors to form white light?
{ "text": [ "multi-color white LEDs" ], "answer_start": [ 152 ] }
5731151605b4da19006bcd76
Light-emitting_diode
White light can be formed by mixing differently colored lights; the most common method is to use red, green, and blue (RGB). Hence the method is called multi-color white LEDs (sometimes referred to as RGB LEDs). Because these need electronic circuits to control the blending and diffusion of different colors, and becaus...
What does the multi-color white LED method need to produce the end result?
{ "text": [ "electronic circuits" ], "answer_start": [ 231 ] }
5731151605b4da19006bcd77
Light-emitting_diode
White light can be formed by mixing differently colored lights; the most common method is to use red, green, and blue (RGB). Hence the method is called multi-color white LEDs (sometimes referred to as RGB LEDs). Because these need electronic circuits to control the blending and diffusion of different colors, and becaus...
What is another name to reference the multi-color white LED method?
{ "text": [ "RGB LEDs" ], "answer_start": [ 201 ] }
5731162005b4da19006bcd7c
Light-emitting_diode
There are several types of multi-color white LEDs: di-, tri-, and tetrachromatic white LEDs. Several key factors that play among these different methods, include color stability, color rendering capability, and luminous efficacy. Often, higher efficiency will mean lower color rendering, presenting a trade-off between t...
What is one type of multi-color white LED?
{ "text": [ "tetrachromatic" ], "answer_start": [ 66 ] }
5731162005b4da19006bcd7d
Light-emitting_diode
There are several types of multi-color white LEDs: di-, tri-, and tetrachromatic white LEDs. Several key factors that play among these different methods, include color stability, color rendering capability, and luminous efficacy. Often, higher efficiency will mean lower color rendering, presenting a trade-off between t...
What is a factor that may be different in the various types of multi-color white LEDs?
{ "text": [ "luminous efficacy" ], "answer_start": [ 211 ] }
5731162005b4da19006bcd7e
Light-emitting_diode
There are several types of multi-color white LEDs: di-, tri-, and tetrachromatic white LEDs. Several key factors that play among these different methods, include color stability, color rendering capability, and luminous efficacy. Often, higher efficiency will mean lower color rendering, presenting a trade-off between t...
Higher efficiency in multi-color white LEDs may mean what?
{ "text": [ "lower color rendering" ], "answer_start": [ 265 ] }
5731162005b4da19006bcd7f
Light-emitting_diode
There are several types of multi-color white LEDs: di-, tri-, and tetrachromatic white LEDs. Several key factors that play among these different methods, include color stability, color rendering capability, and luminous efficacy. Often, higher efficiency will mean lower color rendering, presenting a trade-off between t...
What type has the best luminous efficacy?
{ "text": [ "dichromatic white LEDs" ], "answer_start": [ 379 ] }
5731162005b4da19006bcd80
Light-emitting_diode
There are several types of multi-color white LEDs: di-, tri-, and tetrachromatic white LEDs. Several key factors that play among these different methods, include color stability, color rendering capability, and luminous efficacy. Often, higher efficiency will mean lower color rendering, presenting a trade-off between t...
What luminous efficacy does trichromatic white LEDs have?
{ "text": [ ">70 lm/W" ], "answer_start": [ 692 ] }