LIGHT-COUPLING OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS EMPLOYING LIGHT-DIFFUSING OPTICAL FIBER
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    LIGHT-COUPLING OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS EMPLOYING LIGHT-DIFFUSING OPTICAL FIBER 审中-公开
    可见光及电力系统和方法使用LICHTDIFFUNDIERENDER玻璃纤维

    公开(公告)号:EP2702439A4

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-17

    申请号:EP12777374

    申请日:2012-04-11

    Applicant: CORNING INC

    CPC classification number: G02B6/001 F21V13/02 G02B6/0028 Y10S385/901

    Abstract: Light-coupling systems and methods that employ light-diffusing optical fiber are disclosed. The systems include a light source and a light-diffusing optical fiber optically coupled thereto. The light-diffusing optical fiber has a core, a cladding and a length. At least a portion of the core comprises randomly arranged voids configured to provide substantially spatially continuous light emission from the core and out of the cladding along at least a portion of the length. A portion of the light-diffusing optical is embedded in an index-matching layer disposed adjacent a lower surface of a transparent sheet. Light emitted by the light-diffusing optical fiber is trapped within the transparent sheet and index-matching layer by total internal reflection and is scattered out of the upper surface of the transparent sheet by at least one scattering feature thereon.

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