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http://dx.doi.org/10.3807/KJOP.2010.21.1.026

Design and Analysis of LED.Optical Fiber Coupler for Efficient Line Lamps  

Hong, Dae-Woon (Department of Electronics Engineering, Chungnam National University)
Yoon, Myeong-Jung (Department of Electronics Engineering, Chungnam National University)
Kim, Kyung-Ho (Department of Electronics Engineering, Chungnam National University)
Yoo, Jae-Keun (Division of Physical Metrology, Center for Temperature & Light Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science(KRISS))
Lee, Song-Jae (Department of Electronics Engineering, Chungnam National University)
Publication Information
Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics / v.21, no.1, 2010 , pp. 26-32 More about this Journal
Abstract
Line lamps, which utilize leaky optical fibers based on periodic bending of plastic optical fibers, are proposed. The LED-optical fiber coupler, the key component of the line lamp, is designed and analyzed. The analysis by the Monte Carlo photon simulation method has shown that the optical coupling efficiency is affected rather sensitively by $\theta_w$, the slanting angle of the reflecting cup sidewall and $\rho_{ref}$, the reflectivity of the reflecting cup. The optical coupling efficiency of the coupler reaches the maximum when $\theta_w$ is about $60^{\circ}$, which is significantly larger than $\theta_w=45^{\circ}$, the typical sidewall slanting angle of the reflecting cup adopted in most LED lamps. When the reflectivity of the reflecting cup is above 0.8, the optical coupling efficiency is larger than 80%, which is the typical efficiency to be achieved in LD-optical fiber coupler.
Keywords
Light-emitting diode; Plastic optical fiber; Leaky fiber; Optical coupling efficiency;
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