Ray-Trace Calculation of Visible Lights Emitted From a Display Device Utilizing Ultraviolet Lights From Gaseous Discharges

Author

Hwang, Seok Won ; Song, In Cheol ; Lee, Ho-Jun ; Park, Chung-Hoo ; Lee, Hae June

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Pusan Nat. Univ., Busan

Volume

36

Issue

4

fYear

2008

Firstpage

1186

Lastpage

1187

Abstract

A ray-trace model has been developed for the visible lights coming out from phosphors excited by vacuum ultraviolet (UV) lights in gaseous discharges. The spatial and angular light distributions are calculated numerically by considering multiple reflections of the visible lights within a plasma-display-panel (PDP) cell. Luminance of the emitting visible lights is illustrated for two different electrode shapes of an ac-type PDP cell. This calculation can be used for the improvement of optical properties of display devices utilizing phosphors and UV lights from plasma discharges, such as flat fluorescent lamps as well as PDP.

Keywords

brightness; discharges (electric); display devices; phosphors; plasma displays; ray tracing; ac-type PDP cell; display device; flat fluorescent lamps; gaseous discharges; luminance; optical properties; phosphors; plasma discharges; plasma-display-panel cell; ray-trace calculation; ray-trace model; vacuum ultraviolet lights; visible lights; Electrodes; Fluorescent lamps; Optical devices; Optical reflection; Phosphors; Plasma devices; Plasma displays; Plasma properties; Shape; Stimulated emission; Fluorescent lamp; plasma display panel; ray-trace calculation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2008.924466

Filename

4599016