A white light emitting lamp is disclosed comprising a solid state ultra violet
(UV) emitter that emits light in the UV wavelength spectrum. A conversion material
is arranged to absorb at least some of the light emitting from the UV emitter and
re-emit light at one or more different wavelengths of light. One or more complimentary
solid state emitters are included that emit at different wavelengths of light than
the UV emitter and the conversion material. The lamp emits a white light combination
of light emitted from the complimentary emitters and from the conversion material,
with the white light having high efficacy and good color rendering. Other embodiments
of white light emitting lamp according to the present invention comprises a solid
state laser instead of a UV emitter. A high flux white emitting lamp embodiment
according to the invention comprises a large area light emitting diode (LED) that
emits light at a first wavelength spectrum and includes a conversion material.
A plurality of complimentary solid state emitters surround the large area LED,
with each emitter emitting light in a spectrum different from the large area LED
and conversion material such that the lamp emits a balanced white light. Scattering
particles can be included in each of the embodiments to scatter the light from
the emitters, conversion material and complimentary emitters to provide a more
uniform emission.