Wavien launches an ultra bright LED fiber optic illuminator using its patented Recycling Light Technology (RLT), designed for architectural and signage applications. Wavien combined the high brightness produced by RLT technology with the long lifespan of LED technology, which can solve the problems caused by the short lifespan of arc lamp illuminators and inadequate brightness of LED illuminators. This new illuminator of Wavien can support both 3M single core fiber or Schott multi-fiber bundles, allowing the RLT system to take the place of neon-based signs currently used in diverse side-firing applications.

The RLT technology greatly improves the brightness of LEDs with full red, green, blue and white color capability. Using a 4-color LED package allows the light output to be digitally control and produce interminate color variations. This multi-color capability is beyond the traditional neon signs and will provide a new dimension in a wide variety of architectural and signage applications.

The basis of Wavien’s RLT technology is a very low-cost recycling optical component that captures the wasted light in traditional optics designs, recycles the light and redirects it back into the output beam allowing increased efficiency, while reducing the power consumption. This technology enables LED based products to increase brightness by up to 280% depending on color of the LED. This LED recycling technique is also being introduced into many other areas of illumination including medical light sources and consumer projectors.