optical fiber thereby establishing a linear lighting field and a lenticular array application_number US 28588605 A description some embodiments of the invention may be designed for use with near infrared light from a single source while other embodiments may be designed for operation at wavelengths spanning portions of the visible and near infrared fig2 a 2b illustrate an exemplary linear light field system according to the present invention as shown system 200 includes an optical element 202 a cylindrical convex optical surface having an optical fiber with a blazed internal grating e g see reference numeral 302 in fig3 a positioned adjacent the optical element 202 and optical fiber spools 204 a and 204 b only a single spool of optical fiber may be used in some embodiments a light source laser 206 provides pumps laser light into the optical element via the optical fibers 208 a and 208 b to produce a linear light source field 210 embodiments of the present invention may include several types of light sources i e light emitting devices may be coupled to the optical fiber including leds slds diode lasers optical fiber lasers erbium doped ase sources and laser pumped super continuum sources these devices may be operated in a continuous mode or in modulated formats the cylindrical convex surface may comprise a solid bar like optical element e g see reference numeral 304 fig3 a d and reference numeral 404 in fig4 preferably made of glass or plastic and having a.