High-efficiency LED backlight optics designed with the flow-line method

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5942, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-12

  Miñano, Juan C ^a   Benítez, Pablo ^a   Chaves, Julio ^a   Hernández, Maikel ^a   Dross, Oliver ^a   Santamaría, Asunción ^a  

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Author keywords

Backlight unit; Geometrical optics; Illumination; LED; Light guide plate; Optical design

Indexed keywords

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHTING; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL DESIGN;

BACKLIGHT UNIT; LAMBERTIAN SCATTERING; LIGHT GUIDE PLATE; MULTIPLE BOUNCES;

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS;

EID: 31844446020     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.620238     Document Type: Conference Paper

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