Abstract
Bending a light pipe and maintaining the required volume and size, while at the same time preserving source energy and minimizing bend losses, is the basic criterion for designing a light pipe. An important requirement is the design of a light pipe that is capable of being bent without loss of light and with no limitations on acceptance angle. It is shown that in theory such a light pipe does exist, in a form corresponding to the so-called golden rectangle. Numerical simulations with six different no-loss light pipes with multiple bends are provided as a demonstration.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3006-3008 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Optics Letters |
Volume | 30 |
Issue number | 22 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2005 Nov 15 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics