Optical element edge treatment for lighting device

1. A lighting device comprising:

at least one electrically activated emitter;

at least one lumiphoric material spatially segregated from the at least one electrically activated emitter, and arranged to receive at least a portion of emissions from the at least one electrically activated emitter; and

a reflector cup arranged to reflect at least a portion of emissions from the at least one electrically activated emitter toward the at least one lumiphoric material;

an optical element, selected from the group consisting of optical filters and interference reflectors, arranged between the at least one electrically activated emitter and the at least one lumiphoric material, and arranged to enclose the reflector cup, wherein the optical element includes a first face, a second face, and at least one peripheral edge arranged to bound the first face and the second face;

wherein the at least one peripheral edge of the optical element is non-perpendicular to a face of the optical element and arranged to reflect light in a direction toward the at least one lumiphoric material.

2. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein the reflective material is disposed substantially parallel to the at least one peripheral edge.

3. The lighting device of claim 2 , wherein the reflective material is at least about 90% reflective of a peak wavelength emitted by the at least one electrically activated emitter.

4. The lighting device of claim 2 , wherein the reflective material is disposed substantially parallel to the at least one peripheral edge.

5. The lighting device of claim 2 , wherein the reflective material contacts substantially the entirety of the at least one peripheral edge.

6. The lighting device of claim 2 , wherein the reflective material comprises a diffuse white reflector.

7. The lighting device of claim 2 , wherein the reflective material comprises a metalized reflector.

8. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one electrically activated emitter is adapted to output emissions with a peak wavelength in the visible range.

9. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein the optical element comprises an anti-reflective surface and a dichroic filter or dichroic mirror surface.

10. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one electrically activated emitter comprises a light emitting diode.

11. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one lumiphoric material comprises a phosphor.

12. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein the optical element comprises an interference filter.

13. The lighting device of claim 12 , wherein the interference filter is adapted to pass a selected range of one or more wavelengths while disallowing passage of other wavelengths.

14. The lighting device of claim 13 , wherein the interference filter comprises a dichroic filter.

15. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein the optical element comprises an interference reflector.

16. The lighting device of claim 15 , wherein the interference reflector comprises a dichroic mirror.

17. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one emitter is adapted to output emissions comprising a first peak wavelength, and the at least one lumiphoric material is adapted to re-emit lumiphor emissions comprising a second peak wavelength that that differs from the first peak wavelength.

18. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one lumiphoric material comprises an inner face, an outer face, a thickness that is generally perpendicular to the inner face and the outer face, and a width dimension that is substantially constant for all thickness values between the inner face and the second face.

19. An optical element for use with a lighting device including at least one lumiphoric material, the optical element embodying an interference reflector, wherein the interference reflector includes a first face, a second face, and at least one peripheral edge arranged to bound the first face and the second face, and wherein the at least one peripheral edge is non-perpendicular to a face of the interference reflector and arranged to reflect light in a direction toward the at least one lumiphoric material.

20. The optical element of claim 19 , wherein a reflective material is disposed substantially parallel to the at least one peripheral edge.

21. The optical element of claim 20 , wherein the reflective material is at least about 90% reflective of a peak wavelength emitted by the at least one electrically activated emitter.

22. The optical element of claim 20 , wherein the reflective material is coated on the at least one peripheral edge.

23. The optical element of claim 20 , wherein the reflective material contacts substantially the entirety of the at least one peripheral edge.

24. The optical element of claim 20 , wherein the reflective material comprises a diffuse white reflector.

25. The optical element of claim 20 , wherein the reflective material comprises a metalized reflector.

26. The optical element of claim 19 , wherein the at least one lumiphoric material is supported in or on the optical element.

27. The optical element of claim 19 , wherein the at least one lumiphoric material comprises a phosphor.

28. The optical element of claim 19 , wherein the interference reflector comprises a dichroic mirror.