DIMPLED LIGHT COLLECTION AND CONCENTRATION SYSTEM, COMPONENTS THEREOF, AND METHODS

DIMPLED LIGHT COLLECTION AND CONCENTRATION SYSTEM, COMPONENTS THEREOF, AND METHODS

A light guide apparatus includes a light guide layer further including light injection elements and respective light bypass elements disposed optically upstream of the light injection elements. The light injection elements and/or the bypass elements can take the form of injection facets (air prisms)...

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Hauptverfasser: SCHMIDT, GREG, R, UNGER, BLAIR, L, MOORE, DUNCAN, T
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
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Zusammenfassung:A light guide apparatus includes a light guide layer further including light injection elements and respective light bypass elements disposed optically upstream of the light injection elements. The light injection elements and/or the bypass elements can take the form of injection facets (air prisms), surface diffraction elements, volume diffraction elements, and gradient index profiles. A light collection and concentration system comprises a single light guide apparatus, a light-transmitting medium layer disposed immediately adjacent the single light guide apparatus, and a primary light concentrator component disposed adjacent the light-transmitting medium layer, including a plurality of primary concentrator elements each of which is in optical registration with a respective one of the light injection elements of the single light guide apparatus.