Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 11, Issue 12, 122201(2013)

Innovative coupler design based on a tapered light pipe with lens

Allen Jong-Woei, Shih-Min Chao, Chun-Han Chou, Chia-Min Lin, Cheng-Ming Chang, Kai-Cyuan Jhan, and Chung-Wei Wang

Natural light illumination system (NLIS) generates increasing research interest because of the recent trend toward green energy. Various crucial optical components used in a NLIS are analyzed, designed, and fabricated to obtain high efficiency. A large amount of light is loss because of the large viewing angle during light transmission. A tapered light pipe (TLP) is used to collimate light viewing angles. In this letter, we combine a TLP and a traditional lens as a new coupler based on Etendue theory. The original efficiency is only 17.54%, but the efficiency reaches more than 70% when the new coupler is applied.

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Allen Jong-Woei, Shih-Min Chao, Chun-Han Chou, Chia-Min Lin, Cheng-Ming Chang, Kai-Cyuan Jhan, Chung-Wei Wang. Innovative coupler design based on a tapered light pipe with lens[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2013, 11(12): 122201

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Category: Optical Design and Fabrication

Received: Jul. 7, 2013

Accepted: Oct. 17, 2013

Published Online: Dec. 13, 2013

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DOI:10.3788/col201311.122201

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