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In this research, a new developed optimization method for light guide plate design is proposed in order to achieve its exiting-light uniformity by varying the light-scattering microstructure sizes or pitches at different areas of a liquid crystal display (LCD) light guide plate. The light-scattering hemispheric microstructures on a light guide plate are studied in this paper due to less light absorption compared to the conventional V-cut pattern design. The results show success in uniformity. To validate the effectiveness of this design method on the improvement of exiting-light uniformity, the “advance system analysis program” (ASAP) simulation is performed. Based on the proposed design method, it is illustrated that the exiting-light uniformity significantly improves by more than 13% for the case study.

We demonstrate a nanosecond fiber laser with tunable central wavelengths and narrow spectral bandwidths suitable for high-power amplification. Spectrally narrowband flat-top nanosecond pulses were generated at the fundamental repetition rate of 1.9 MHz in an Yb-doped fiber laser, which could be tuned in central wavelength from 1033 to 1053 nm by changing the nonlinear polarization rotation in the fiber laser cavity. In particular, such flat-top nanosecond pulses could be tuned around 1030 nm to match the gain bandwidth of ytterbium-doped double-clad fibers or 1053 nm to match the maximum gain in Nd-doped phosphate glass. The pulse duration could be changed from 1 to 15 ns by varying the pump power or laser polarization evolution in the cavity. By using an ytterbium-doped single-mode fiber preamplifier and a two-stage large-mode-area Yb-doped double-clad-fiber power amplifier, 280-W average power with pulse duration of 3 ns was obtained at 1034 nm.

For rotating-tool machining, such as milling, line boring, and cylinder boring, the tool rotation causes the machining force on each tooth to rotate repetitively relative to the inertial coordinate frame. This is quite different than stationary-tool machining, such as turning or boring with a stationary boring bar, in which the force directions are fixed relative to the inertial frame. Although the subject of stability analysis for rotating tools has been studied extensively in milling, the process is intermittent and hence time varying, which leads to analysis methods that are either analytically approximate or employ timedomain simulation. In this paper nonintermittent machining processes that employ a rotating tool are modeled and analyzed in the rotational coordinates both to simplify the stability analysis and to permit an exact solution. Using rotating-bar boring to illustrate, the analytical results show that the stability limits for boring with a rotating boring bar are quite different from those for boring with a stationary boring bar, and the experimental validation is also provided. Furthermore, the results show a discrepancy to exist between the predicted stability limits for the exact and approximate solutions, especially at low spindle speeds. In both cases an explanation is provided based on the analysis presented. �DOI: 10.1115/1.1536657�