Light extraction method for mixing rods based in grooves with elliptical shape

Guillermo E. Sánchez-Guerrero; Perla M. Viera-González; Daniel E. Ceballos-Herrera; Romeo Selvas-Aguilar

doi:10.1117/12.2188303

25 August 2015 Light extraction method for mixing rods based in grooves with elliptical shape

Guillermo E. Sánchez-Guerrero, Perla M. Viera-González, Daniel E. Ceballos-Herrera, Romeo Selvas-Aguilar

Proceedings Volume 9572, Nonimaging Optics: Efficient Design for Illumination and Solar Concentration XII; 95720I (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2188303
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2015, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Homogenize light is the principal purpose of mixing rods. Light extraction from mixing rods is proposed by changing the shape of the face, the rod or a combination of both for many applications. Light extraction also can be done by its lateral face by cutting the Mixing rod. In this work a simulation of square and hexagonal poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) mixing rods were made in Radiant Zemax ® 12 release 2 designed with an elliptical transversal cut to extract light from a lateral face. The cut is specular for rays that fulfill the total internal reflection condition, the reflected rays are deviated and the Total Internal Reflection (TIR) condition broken, then, extracted. An advantage of this cut is that it can be controlled in depth to extract the amount of light required and the remaining light used for other purposes. Also it can reduce the size of the mixing rods and optical components. For the simulation, an LED light were used as source, the light were homogenized by the mixing rod and due to it, the light extracted is also homogenous. The polar power map, radiant intensity and color of the light extracted are presented and compared in both mixing rods.

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Guillermo E. Sánchez-Guerrero, Perla M. Viera-González, Daniel E. Ceballos-Herrera, and Romeo Selvas-Aguilar "Light extraction method for mixing rods based in grooves with elliptical shape", Proc. SPIE 9572, Nonimaging Optics: Efficient Design for Illumination and Solar Concentration XII, 95720I (25 August 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2188303

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Light emitting diodes

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