| 摘要 |
A light transport device comprises light fibers (12.1-12.N) that individually have predetermined cross sections at one end that may be bundled together to provide a bundled region (10) that terminates in a continuous plane (14), suitable for light input, that is substantially free of voids and free of non-light-transmitting materials. The other end (16.1-16N) of the individual light fibers (12.1-12.N) has a cross section that is useful for emission of light from a single fiber. In the absence of non-light-transmitting materials, light propagating in each of the light guides (12.1-12.N) undergoes mixing by being coupled, while traveling in the bundled region (10), from one light guide to another, thus reducing nonuniformities in the color and intensity of the light emitted by the fibers.
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