An Overview of LED Applications for General Illumination

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5186, Issue , 2003, Pages 15-26

  Pelka, David G ^a   Patel, Kavita ^b  

^a Tailored Optics Inc   (United States)

^b Wavefront Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusers; Flourescent; Holographic; Incandescent; Kinoform; LEDs; Lighting systems; Non imaging optics

Indexed keywords

FLOURESCENT; HOLOGRAPHIC; INCADESCENT; KINOFORM; LIGHTING SYSTEMS; NON-IMAGING OPTICS;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; GARNETS; HEAT RESISTANCE; INCANDESCENT LAMPS; LIGHTING; MARKETING; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHOSPHORS; TRAFFIC SIGNALS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 2342614247     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.509164     Document Type: Conference Paper

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