Uniform illumination of distant targets using a spherical light-emitting diode array

Optical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Moreno, Ivan ^a   Muñoz, Jesús ^b   Ivanov, Rumen ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE ZACATECAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

LED lamps; Light emitting diodes; Lighting; Uniform illumination

Indexed keywords

FAR-FIELD IRRADIANCE; LIGHT DISTRIBUTION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC LAMPS; IRRADIATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

LIGHTING;

EID: 34447283532     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2715562     Document Type: Article

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