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P‐36: A New Approach to Calculate the Dot Diameter Distribution of Light Guides for Back Lighting
Author(s) -
Duijneveldt Wido
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
sid symposium digest of technical papers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 2168-0159
pISSN - 0097-966X
DOI - 10.1889/1.1830797
Subject(s) - ray tracing (physics) , process (computing) , computer science , optics , light guide , computer graphics (images) , physics , light source , operating system
Commercial ray tracing programs are less suitable for optimizing dot patterns of light guides for back lighting. In addition a new tool is developed which will speed up the design process considerably. The tool is a semi‐empirical macroscopic model of light propagating through the light guide.