High efficiency 90° elbow for light guides

dc.book.titleNonimaging Optics and Efficient Illumination Systems V
dc.contributor.authorVázquez Moliní, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorÁlvarez Fernández-Balbuena, Antonio
dc.contributor.authorGarcía Fernández, Berta
dc.contributor.authorBernabeu Martínez, Eusebio
dc.contributor.editorWinston, Ronald
dc.contributor.editorKoshel, R. John
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-20T13:41:04Z
dc.date.available2023-06-20T13:41:04Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description© (2008) COPYRIGHT SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering. Conference on Nonimaging Optics and Efficient Illumination Systems (5ª. 2008. San Diego, California, EE.UU.).
dc.description.abstractTransmission of light through a 90 degrees elbow in a hollow light guide is an important step in the development of natural lighting applications. In this paper we present a new design that has more than 260% higher efficiency in flux transfer than a standard bending system for hollow and aluminum light guides. The clue of this new system is to minimize the light angle at the output of the elbow, in such way that it is possible to guide light at higher distances because of the fewer reflections in the light guide. The system works properly for prismatic light guides but is also suitable for aluminum guides where the reduction of reflections permit the use of cheaper aluminum or the increase in length maintaining flux transfer. Also this reduction of reflections in aluminum light guide derives in less change of chromatic coordinates.
dc.description.departmentDepto. de Óptica
dc.description.facultyFac. de Ciencias Físicas
dc.description.refereedTRUE
dc.description.statuspub
dc.eprint.idhttps://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/26276
dc.identifier.doi10.1117/12.796153
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-8194-7279-3
dc.identifier.officialurlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.796153
dc.identifier.relatedurlhttp://proceedings.spiedigitallibrary.org
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/53373
dc.issue.number7059
dc.publisherSPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering
dc.relation.ispartofseriesProceedings of The Society Of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
dc.rights.accessRightsmetadata only access
dc.subject.cdu535
dc.subject.keywordNon-Imaging Optics
dc.subject.keywordNatural Light
dc.subject.keywordLight Guide
dc.subject.keywordCPC
dc.subject.keywordElbow
dc.subject.keywordAluminum
dc.subject.keywordFlux Transfer
dc.subject.keywordPrismatic
dc.subject.ucmÓptica (Física)
dc.subject.unesco2209.19 Óptica Física
dc.titleHigh efficiency 90° elbow for light guides
dc.typebook part
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