Side-Emitting Illuminators Using LED Sources

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5186, Issue , 2003, Pages 33-43

  Zhao, Feng ^a   Van Derlofske, John ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

General illumination; Illumination system; Illuminator; Led array; Leds; Light guide; System efficiency

Indexed keywords

GENERAL ILLUMINATION; ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS; ILLUMINATOR; LED ARRAYS; LIGHT GUIDE; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT SOURCES; LIGHTING; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOSPHORS; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 2342528508     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.506783     Document Type: Conference Paper

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