Phosphor-Loaded Waveguide

An improved waveguide is disclosed. The waveguide utilizes a luminescent material disposed within or around its perimeter to introduce additional light into the waveguide. For example, the waveguide may include a plurality of planar layers having different refractive indexes. A luminescent material...

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Hauptverfasser:	Lyszczarz Theodore M, Burke Marc J, Vai Mankuan M, Kramer Joshua, Gettings Karen M.G.V, Geis Michael W
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BLASTING CALCULATING COMPUTING COUNTING ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMSTHEREOF HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS HEATING LIGHTING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS OPTICS PHYSICS PRESENTATION OF DATA RECOGNITION OF DATA RECORD CARRIERS STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHERARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	An improved waveguide is disclosed. The waveguide utilizes a luminescent material disposed within or around its perimeter to introduce additional light into the waveguide. For example, the waveguide may include a plurality of planar layers having different refractive indexes. A luminescent material may be disposed along the outer edge of these layers. When light from within the waveguide strikes the luminescent material, it emits light, thereby adding to the light in the waveguide. Not only does the luminescent material introduce more light into the waveguide, it also introduces more light sources, thereby making it more difficult to introduce a probe without blocking at least a portion of the light destined for the image sensor. The luminescent material may be a phosphor.