No-loss bent light pipe with an equiangular spiral
Optics Letters, Vol. 30, Issue 22, pp. 3006-3008 (2005)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.30.003006
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Abstract
Bending a light pipe and maintaining the required volume and size, while at the same time preserving source energy and minimizing bend losses, is the basic criterion for designing a light pipe. An important requirement is the design of a light pipe that is capable of being bent without loss of light and with no limitations on acceptance angle. It is shown that in theory such a light pipe does exist, in a form corresponding to the so-called golden rectangle. Numerical simulations with six different no-loss light pipes with multiple bends are provided as a demonstration.
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OCIS Codes
(080.2740) Geometric optics : Geometric optical design
(230.7370) Optical devices : Waveguides
ToC Category:
Geometrical Optics
Citation
Shu-Chun Chu and Jyh-Long Chern, "No-loss bent light pipe with an equiangular spiral," Opt. Lett. 30, 3006-3008 (2005)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-30-22-3006
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