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Compact lens with circular spot profile for square die LEDs in multi-LED projectors |
Applied Optics, Vol. 50, Issue 24, pp. 4860-4867 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.50.004860
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Abstract
In the stage illumination industry, LED technology is promising both in terms of energy use and novel features, but it also has inherent issues. This paper presents a solution to the poor color homogeneity arising when multiple rectangular images formed from LED dies are combined into a circular spot profile. Using ray tracing, a nonrotationally symmetric collimating lens was optimized to round off such die images. The result is a high-output lens with an almost perfectly circular spot. In a simulated red green blue color mixing projector with seven LEDs, the lens reduced measurable color inhomogeneity by
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OCIS Codes
(220.2740) Optical design and fabrication : Geometric optical design
(220.3620) Optical design and fabrication : Lens system design
(230.3670) Optical devices : Light-emitting diodes
(330.1730) Vision, color, and visual optics : Colorimetry
(220.4298) Optical design and fabrication : Nonimaging optics
ToC Category:
Optical Design and Fabrication
History
Original Manuscript: April 13, 2011
Revised Manuscript: July 6, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: July 7, 2011
Published: August 19, 2011
Citation
Thøger Kari, Jesper Gadegaard, Dennis Thykjaer Jørgensen, Thomas Søndergaard, Thomas Garm Pedersen, and Kjeld Pedersen, "Compact lens with circular spot profile for square die LEDs in multi-LED projectors," Appl. Opt. 50, 4860-4867 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-50-24-4860
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