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1. Waveguide
1.1 General principle
The purpose of a waveguide is to guide and optimally concentrate light towards a device that can collect it. Luminescent waveguides are transparent media made up of a matrix incorporating a fluorophore, a fluorescent (or phosphorescent) material that absorbs light in one spectral range and re-emits it at a longer wavelength.
To obtain an interesting waveguide, both the matrix and the fluorophore must be carefully selected. The matrix must be a robust material that plays a holding role, as it determines the structure of the waveguide and also protects the fluorophore. The fluorophore has the role of filtering and shifting photon energy into the desired spectral range. These two elements are defined...
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