Dot-pattern design of a light guide in an edge-lit backlight using a regional partition approach

Optical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Chang, Jee Gong ^a   Fang, Yu Bin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Backlight; Diffuser dot; Light guide; Partition approach

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LUMINANCE; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION;

BACKLIGHT; DIFFUSER DOT; LIGHT GUIDE;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 34250789779     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2721423     Document Type: Article

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