BEGA Ultradark Optics®
January 22, 2025
Discover the newest optical technology from BEGA
Designed for Specific Lighting Scenarios
BEGA Ultradark Optics® offers an advanced technical solution for specific application requirements, particularly where precise light control is crucial. BEGA Ultradark Optics ® is an ideal choice to achieve:
• Higher contrast
• Minimized diffuse & ambient light
• Precisely directed illumination
Light defines the spatial environment, while the addition of light and shade (contrast) gives the room structure, creating an interplay between light and shadow that enables viewers to determine distances and grasp dimensions. When a space is illuminated solely with diffused light, these dimensions are more difficult to fully grasp. On the other hand, the exclusive use of directed light strongly emphasizes individual room elements, leaving any space out of the single beam in relative darkness.
BEGA Ultradark Optics® brings a lighting design closer to the extreme end of highly-directed light, offering a solution for situations that demand technical luminaires with as low diffuse light percentage as possible. Our newest optical system creates a luminaire with an extremely quiet aperture, allowing the fixture to disappear into the surface where it is installed. The result is high-contrast, precisely directed illumination that emphasizes specific elements, rather than overall illumination of a space.
A Closer Look at
BEGA Ultradark Optics®
The system features a combination of internal louvers and an ultra black nano coating inside the luminaire which absorbs more than 99% of the light that strikes its surface, minimizing the diffuse light percentage of the luminaires while ensuring precisely-directed illumination with an extremely quiet aperture. Below we can see the effect of this technology compared to a similar luminaire utilizing BEGA Hybrid Optics®.
BEGA Ultradark® Optics Structure
1. Optical Lenses
Proprietary optical lenses, precisely fitted to louvers and the luminaire body, capture and direct the light generated by LED modules to ensure excellent glare suppression.
2. Louvers
Internal louvers allow precisely directed light, further reducing ambient light by controlling light spillage, creating an extremely quiet aperture.
3. Nano Coating
The ultra black nano coating, featuring exceptional absorption capabilities, further enhances the function of the louvers.
4. Luminaire Housing
An extra tall luminaire body, combined with the ultra black nano coating, rounds out the system, further ensuring minimized stray light. Any unwanted rays of stray light are absorbed for precisely targeted illumination of the defined areas.
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Surface Mounted Downlight
Recessed Ceiling
Application Example
Restaurant Entrance
Surface mounted ceiling luminaires with BEGA Ultradark Optics® ensures minimal light spillage, allowing for a dramatic effect that looks like a ring of light leading to the entrance of a restaurant, leaving the area just beyond the main walkway in relative darkness.