Hybrid normal-reverse prism coupler for light-emitting diode backlight systems

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 28, 2006, Pages 7273-7278

  Aoyama, Shigeru ^a   Funamoto, Akihiro ^a   Imanaka, Koichi ^a  

^a OMRON CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLED CIRCUITS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

HYBRID NORMAL-REVERSE PRISM COUPLER; LED BACKLIGHT; LIGHT GUIDE;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 33750882925     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.007273     Document Type: Article

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