Improving the performance of mixed-color white LED systems by using scattered photon extraction technique

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6669, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Wu, Huiying ^a   Narendran, Nadarajah ^a   Gu, Yimin ^a   Bierman, Andrew ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Color uniformity; Diffuser; Luminous efficiency; Mixed color white LEDs; Scattered photon extraction

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL DEVICES; PHOTONS; RADIATION; SCATTERING;

LUMINOUS EFFICACY; SCATTERED PHOTON EXTRACTION;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 42149120058     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.746777     Document Type: Conference Paper

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