Illumination light pipe using micro-optics as diffuser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2951, Issue , 1996, Pages 146-155

  Teijido, Juan M ^a   Herzig, Hans Peter ^a   Dändliker, René ^a   Grupp, Joachim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b ASULAB   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diffuser; Illumination; Light pipe; Micro optics; MOD; Scattering

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSERS (FLUID); LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MICROOPTICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PIPE; SCATTERING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

DIFFUSER; ILLUMINATION; ILLUMINATION LIGHTS; ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS; LAMBERTIAN DIFFUSERS; LIGHT PIPE; MASS PRODUCTIONS; MOD; OPTICAL DIFFUSERS; OPTIMIZED DESIGNS; SCATTERING DISTRIBUTIONS; SCATTERING LIGHTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; SURFACE RELIEFS;

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EID: 0038437277     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.262413     Document Type: Conference Paper

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