MULTILAYER POLARIZERS - A REVIEW OF THE CLAIMS

Multilayer polarizing panels are a technology that has been proposed f or improving lighting quality in interior environments. Different auth ors have examined a variety of different conditions, have used differe nt performance models in their evaluation of the potential of this tec hnology, and have come to markedly different conclusions. This paper d iscusses how variations in conditions and performance models affect th e evaluation of the performance potential of polarized lighting system s. The importance of the light source-task-eye geometry, which determi nes the benefit that can be achieved with polarizing luminaires, is di scussed in detail.