Collimating lamp with well color mixing of red/green/blue LEDs

Opt Express. 2012 Jan 2;20(1):A75-84. doi: 10.1364/oe.20.000a75.

Abstract

A novel light luminaire is proposed and experimentally analyzed, which efficiently mixes and projects the tunable light from red, green and blue (RGB) light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Simultaneous light collimation and color mixing is a challenging task because most collimators separate colors, and most color mixers spread the light beam. Our method is simple and compact; it only uses a short light pipe, a thin diffuser, and a total internal reflection lens. We performed an experimental study to find a balance between optical efficiency and color uniformity by changing light recycling and color mixing.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Color
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Lenses*
  • Lighting / instrumentation*
  • Semiconductors*