Nonimaging optical illumination system
Patent
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OSTI ID:871876
- Chicago, IL
- Villigen PSI, CH
A nonimaging illumination optical device for producing a selected far field illuminance over an angular range. The optical device includes a light source 102, a light reflecting surface 108, and a family of light edge rays defined along a reference line 104 with the reflecting surface 108 defined in terms of the reference line 104 as 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 104, and D is a distance from a point on the reference line 104 to the reflection surface 108 along the desired edge ray through the point.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-87ER13726
- Assignee:
- Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (St. Paul, MN); ARCH Development Corporation (Chicago, IL)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 5816693
- OSTI ID:
- 871876
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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