What are phosphors?

Phosphors are the material on back glass that emit the visible light that makes up the picture we see. On a cathode-ray tube (CRT) the phosphors are on the front glass and are excited by a beam of light from the cathode-ray. On plasma monitors the phosphors are excited by UV light produced by electromagnetically charged plasma.

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