Freeform lens design for LED collimating illumination

doi:10.1364/OE.20.010984

Freeform lens design for LED collimating illumination

Jin-Jia Chen, Te-Yuan Wang, Kuang-Lung Huang, Te-Shu Liu, Ming-Da Tsai, and Chin-Tang Lin »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 10, pp. 10984-10995 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.010984

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Abstract

We present a simple freeform lens design method for an application to LED collimating illumination. The method is derived from a basic geometric-optics analysis and construction approach. By using this method, a highly collimating lens with LED chip size of $1.0 mm \times 1 .0 mm$ and optical simulation efficiency of 86.5% under a view angle of ± 5 deg is constructed. To verify the practical performance of the lens, a prototype of the collimator lens is also made, and an optical efficiency of 90.3% with a beam angle of 4.75 deg is measured.

OCIS Codes
(220.2740) Optical design and fabrication : Geometric optical design
(230.3670) Optical devices : Light-emitting diodes
(220.2945) Optical design and fabrication : Illumination design
(220.4298) Optical design and fabrication : Nonimaging optics

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Optical Design and Fabrication

History
Original Manuscript: March 13, 2012
Revised Manuscript: April 7, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: April 7, 2012
Published: April 26, 2012

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Jin-Jia Chen, Te-Yuan Wang, Kuang-Lung Huang, Te-Shu Liu, Ming-Da Tsai, and Chin-Tang Lin, "Freeform lens design for LED collimating illumination," Opt. Express 20, 10984-10995 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-10-10984

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