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8 September 2005 Illuminance-mapping linear lenses for LEDs
William A. Parkyn, David G. Pelka
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Abstract
Conventional linear light sources irradiate cylindrically, into 360° in a circle orthogonal to the lamp axis. This makes it difficult to optically couple lamp-output to a much narrower range of output directions. Light-emitting diodes, however, emit into a hemisphere or less of solid angle, and thus are much more amenable to proper lensing. Recent LED tape systems have ±60° emission angles, due to recessing the emitting chips in reflector cups. This turns out to be highly beneficial to linear lenses, enabling nearly 100% collection efficiency. Here we present a new class of nonimaging linear lenses with two aspheric profiles, designed according to the amounts of source-light received along longitudinal strips on the interior surface of the linear lens. In the small-source approximation, the light falling on each strip is imaged relatively intact in the far field, although the source itself is not. This enables the design of extruded linear lenses achieving uniform illumination of nearby planar targets, as in shelf and cove lighting.
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William A. Parkyn and David G. Pelka "Illuminance-mapping linear lenses for LEDs", Proc. SPIE 5942, Nonimaging Optics and Efficient Illumination Systems II, 59420L (8 September 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.619139
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KEYWORDS
Light emitting diodes

Lenses

Light sources and illumination

Lamps

Cylindrical lenses

Lens design

Light sources

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