For signaling lamps in the automotive industry, the use of rough surfaces on transparent components has been used recently, through which light propagates from source to road. In this master's thesis, we therefore began to study the effects of different rough surfaces on the light distribution at the transition of the laser beam of the final dimensions through a sample plate with a rough structure. We examined eight samples, each of which had a different rough structure implemented on the exit side. The selected polycarbonate samples were made through the injection moulding process, and their rough structure was created by chemical etching. The light distribution generated after the laser beam passes through the sample plates with a rough structure was analysed with a CCD camera and we examined the symmetry and consistency of the light distribution over the entire sample. With the photo-diode on the translator we analysed the transverse light-distribution profiles and compared them with each other. This was done for a perpendicular light incident on the sample and for three different examples of light
incident at an angle relative to the normal of the sample plate. The rough structure was observed through an optical
microscope, and the 3D profile was recorded with a contact profilometer. Within the ray optics we also calculated the propagation of light through the measured linear profiles and compared the obtained results with the measurements.
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