Computer modeling of a fiber-and-light-emitting-diode-based vehicle headlamp

Optical Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Chen, Jin Jia ^a   Huang, Kuang Lung ^b   Lin, Po Chun ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^b MINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

fiber; LED; projecting lamp; vehicle headlamp

Indexed keywords

COMPONENT PART; COMPUTER MODELING; GEOMETRIC ANALYSIS; HIGH POWER LED; LIGHT COLLECTOR; LIGHT RAYS; LOW-BEAM PATTERNS; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; PROJECTING LAMP; TRACEPRO;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBERS;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 81355163777     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3461984     Document Type: Article

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