kramer5150
Flashaholic
correct.
OK...
Your posts above are incorrect then. You are not increasing the output of the LED by doing this. You are merely salvaging stray or lost lumens and re-directing them.
If you really want to understand the optical efficiency of your design. Your PHDs need to measure the output of the bare emitter in a calibrated sphere. Then measure the lumen output of the system with the reflective optics. The difference in lumen output will show the overall efficiency of the optics.
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