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Nonimaging optical illumination system

Patent ·
OSTI ID:675872

A nonimaging illumination optical device for producing a selected far field illuminance over an angular range. The optical device includes a light source a light reflecting surface, and a family of light edge rays defined along a reference line with the reflecting surface defined in terms of the reference lines a parametric function R(t) where t is a scalar parameter position and R(t)=k(t)+Du(t) where k(t) is a parameterization of the reference line, and D is a distance from a point on the reference line to the reflection surface along the desired edge ray through the point. 35 figs.

Research Organization:
University of Chicago
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-87ER13726
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co., St. Paul, MN (United States); ARCH Development Corp., Chicago, IL (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5,816,693/A/
Application Number:
PAN: 8-745,239
OSTI ID:
675872
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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