Light out-coupling for reflective displays: Simple geometrical model, MATLAB simulation, and experimental validation

IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 473-477

  Yang, Shu ^a   Hagedon, Matthew ^a   Heikenfeld, Jason ^a  

^a 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

displays; Light out coupling; scattering; total interna l reflection

Indexed keywords

E-PAPERS; EMISSIVE DISPLAYS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; GEOMETRICAL MODELS; LAMBERTIAN; LIGHT LOSS; MATLAB SIMULATIONS; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; OUT-COUPLING EFFICIENCY; PAPER-LIKE; REFLECTIVE DISPLAY; SCATTERING PARTICLES; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; TOTAL- INTERNA L REFLECTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPLAY DEVICES; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATLAB; REFRACTION; SCATTERING;

LIGHT REFLECTION;

EID: 79960974508     PISSN: 1551319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JDT.2011.2130510     Document Type: Article

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