New Methods for Design and Computation of Freeform Optics
Abstract
Optical devices utilizing freeform optical surfaces must be used when the light sources and/or targets and input and/or output radiation patterns lack special symmetries. In these cases traditional designs constrained by use of a particular symmetry may lead to highly energy inefficient devices. Freeform lenses and mirrors are surfaces designed without any a priori assumed symmetry. Under this effort a unified and rigorous approach to solving wide classes of optical design problems requiring freeform optical surfaces has been developed. Computational methods for such problems have also been introduced and tested.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 09, 2015
- Accession Number
- ADA621669
Entities
People
- Vladimir Oliker
Organizations
- Emory University