Advances in flowline simulations: virtual source computation method

Angel García-Botella; Lun Jiang; Roland Winston

doi:10.1117/12.2567874

20 August 2020 Advances in flowline simulations: virtual source computation method

Angel García-Botella, Lun Jiang, Roland Winston

Proceedings Volume 11495, Nonimaging Optics: Efficient Design for Illumination and Solar Concentration XVII; 1149506 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2567874
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2020, Online Only

Abstract

The flowline optical design method, based on the definition of the geometrical flux vector J, is one of the techniques to nonimaging optics design. The main property of flowline method is, its ability to estimate how radiant energy is transferred by the optical systems using the concepts of vector field theory, like field line, flux tube, vector potential overcoming traditional raytrace methods. In this paper we postulate the existence of virtual sources which can help us in the computation of J vector produced by reflective and refractive optical systems. This new computation method provides a new optical design method based on flowline.

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Angel García-Botella, Lun Jiang, and Roland Winston "Advances in flowline simulations: virtual source computation method", Proc. SPIE 11495, Nonimaging Optics: Efficient Design for Illumination and Solar Concentration XVII, 1149506 (20 August 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2567874

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