Lighting device (1a) for a screen (1) which can be operated in at least two operating
modes B1 for a free viewing mode and B2 for a restricted viewing mode in which light is emitted from the lighting device in an
angular range that is restricted compared to the free viewing mode, comprising - an area-like extended backlight (2) that emits light into the restricted
angular range, - a plate-shaped
light guide (3) located in the viewing direction in front of the backlight (2) with two large surfaces and narrow sides connecting the large surfaces at their edges, wherein the
light guide (3) has
coupling elements (6) on at least one of the large surfaces and / or within its volume, wherein the
light guide (3) is at least 50% transparent to the light emanating from the backlight (2), wherein each
coupling element (6) has at least one functional surface for the defined
coupling of light, at which light is coupled out of the light guide (3), - light sources (4) arranged laterally on the narrow sides of the light guide (3), - wherein in operating mode B2 the backlight (2) is switched on and the light sources (4) are switched off, and wherein in operating mode B1 at least the light sources (4) are switched on, characterized in that - that for at least a part of the output coupling elements (6) an orientation vector parallel to the large surface from which the light exits of each function surface with a preferred direction encloses an angle with a magnitude of up to 45°, wherein the orientation vector is a vector which maximizes the integral of the scalar product of this vector with a position-dependent normal vector of the function surface over the function surface, and wherein each normal vector encloses an angle between 5° and 85° with the large surface in question, whereby the
optical fiber (3) exhibits a scattering behavior in the preferred direction that is at least 1.2 times stronger than in a direction perpendicular to the preferred direction, and thus exhibits
anisotropic scattering behavior overall for light which passes through the
optical fiber (3) through both large surfaces.