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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2011
Satish Agrawal, Concord, MA (US);
Edward D. Kingsley, Stow, MA (US);
Robert Winskowicz, North Andover, MA (US);
Satish Agrawal, Concord, MA (US);
Edward D. Kingsley, Stow, MA (US);
Robert Winskowicz, North Andover, MA (US);
Performance Indicator, LLC, Lowell, MA (US);
Abstract
An illuminator and a method for fabricating the illuminator are disclosed. The illuminator comprises at least a light source and a discriminator. The light source comprises one or more luminescent layers that substantially convert the energy of a primary electromagnetic radiation to an output radiation. The discriminator comprises one or more layers that substantially transmit the primary electromagnetic radiation to the one or more luminescent layers and reflect at least a portion of the output radiation from the one or more luminescent layers to the viewing hemisphere. A method for applying the illuminator to an object is also disclosed.