Maker Faire Bay Area 2008
Katie's Fiber Light Pipe

Topic(s): Engineering

Tags: light pipe, fiber optics, parabolic reflector, solar, illumination, lighting, sun, optics

Location:   Outdoors   


I’m building a modified light pipe using a sun-tracking parabolic reflector and mounted mirror that focuses light into optical fibers. These fibers will be coupled to 1/4”-thick acrylic pane. Light is released from an acrylic pane--effectively a waveguide--via scratches on the surface.

Web site: http://lightpipedreams.blogspot.com/

About the Maker(s)

Katie Greene
I'm a science and technology writer and am currently the IT editor at Technology Review. I have a background in chemistry and physics. My apartment is very dark, and I'm excited to bring some sunlight to it with this fiber light pipe!