Illumination Design Methods

doi:10.1117/3.2618161.ch4

Book: Designing Illumination Optics

Author(s): Julius A. Muschaweck, Henning Rehn

Published: 2022

https://doi.org/10.1117/3.2618161.ch4

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Abstract

This section is intended to give a short overview of illumination design methods and to classify them by the nature of the problem to which they are applied. The reality of, e.g., industry segments, markets, applications, design methods, source and target classifications, and degrees of étendue limitation is too complex to be organized in a 1D tree structure. Accordingly, we may look at this landscape from several vantage points. Even if you happen to work in a specific industry segment, it is valuable to consider this metaphor: look over the fence to see which interesting plants might grow in your neighbor’s garden, and how you might adapt them to your ecosystem.