Fiberoptic luminaire with scattering and specular side-light extractor
patterns comprises a fiberoptic light pipe with elongated side-fight
emitting portion. Such portion illuminates a target area with a
scattering, and a specular, light extractor pattern. The extractor
patterns are arranged to extract light from the side-light emitting
portion over a radial angle, orthogonal to said main axis, of less than
180.degree.. The scattering extractor pattern atone may provide greater
than 50% of light on the target area, and light extracted by the specular
extractor pattern alone may produce an illuminance on a selected portion
of the target area that is greater than 5% of the maximum illuminance
produced on the target area by the scattering extractor pattern.
Furthermore, the scattering extractor pattern may comprise a Lambertian
type of extractor pattern. Each specular extractor pattern may comprise a
notch having main faces parallel to within 10.degree. of each other.