Köhler integrators embedded into illumination optics add functionality

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7103, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Dross, O ^a   Mohedano, R ^a   Hernandez M ^a   Cvetkovic, A ^b   Minano J C ^b,c   Benitez P ^b,c  

^a Centro de Domótica Integral CeDInt   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c LPI LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive lighting; Concentration photovoltaics; K hler integration; Mircolens arrays; Nonimaging optics; Solid state lighting

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LIGHTING; LITHOGRAPHY; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING; CONCENTRATION PHOTOVOLTAICS; MIRCOLENS ARRAYS; NONIMAGING OPTICS; SOLID STATE LIGHTING;

INTEGRATION;

EID: 56249114149     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.798111     Document Type: Conference Paper

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