and in this way, enhance the external quantum efficiency (EQE) of emission. Because of the breadth and diversity of LED applications-and the consequent need for greater light coverage, better collimation, controllable divergence and ability to direct light to specific directions-there have been extensive efforts to shape, design, and systematically modulate their characteristically Lambertian beam profiles. Approaches range from microlenses or microprismatic facets, [9][10][11][12] photonic crystals [13][14][15] to nanorod arrays and nanospheres; [16,17] various radiation patterns such as a uniform intensity distribution, [10,18] batwings, [19,20] or beams with small divergence [11,12] have been achieved. These technologies often require modification of the native LED die or involve multiple, complex fabrication steps. Conventional optics such as lenses or mirrors [21,22] can also control the divergence and intensity distribution of LED beams but due to their nonplanar, bulky geometries hinder the integration of these miniature light sources into optical systems and devices. Here we show that LED beams can be modulated by a single component, plane-faced, slim polymer film embedded with a radial distribution of cylindrical waveguides. The radially distributed waveguide-encoded lattice (RDWEL) [23] is slim (≤2 mm) and flexible, rendering it suitable as a conformal coating that both protects and optically manipulates LED emission. Importantly, such coatings could be integrated without significantly disrupting mature LED fabrication technologies. The RDWEL is fabricated through a single-step, roomtemperature self-inscription method developed in our group, which exploits the spontaneous self-trapping [24,25] of large populations of incandescent beams in photopolymerizable acrylate [26][27][28] and epoxide [23,29] fluids. Each self-trapped beam elicited in these systems inscribes a multimoded, cylindrical waveguide capable of guiding all visible wavelengths of light. As a result, the RDWEL is operable with broadband light spanning the entire visible wavelength range. However, the focus of the current work is to demonstrate the manipulation of light from commercially available, narrowband LEDs by the RDWEL structure.Akin to the arthropodal compound eye, the RDWEL possesses an enhanced and seamless field of view (FOV). [23] As a result, a noncollimated LED beam incident on the RDWEL