Improving the illumination efficiency and color temperature for a projection system by depositing thin-film coatings on an x-cube prism

Optical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Chen, Hsi Chao ^a   Lee, Cheng Chung ^b   Huang, June Jei ^c  

^a DE LIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c DELTA ELECTRONICS INC   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Color temperature; Dichroic filter; Optical projection system; X cube prism

Indexed keywords

COLOR; DICHROISM; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LUMINANCE; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FILTERS; PROJECTION SYSTEMS;

COLOR TEMPERATURE; ILLUMINATION EFFICIENCY;

PRISMS;

EID: 33847707330     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2393154     Document Type: Article

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