A comparison of encoding methods for automated design of optical architectures

C. C. Olson; L. Evans; N. R. Bayya; J. Edelberg

doi:10.1117/12.2321649

17 September 2018 A comparison of encoding methods for automated design of optical architectures

C. C. Olson, L. Evans, N. R. Bayya, J. Edelberg

Proceedings Volume 10746, Novel Optical Systems Design and Optimization XXI; 107460J (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2321649
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2018, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Commercial ray-tracing programs can optimize system parameters for a given optical architecture (e.g., radii, thickness, and spacing of lenses); however, design of the underlying system architecture (e.g., number of lenses, their type, and their order in the optical train) remains an expensive trial-and-error approach driven by prior experience and human intuition. Work on automating the architecture design process has had some success but the problem remains open. We compare the efficacy of novel methods for encoding the design of optical systems on a simple imaging objective.

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C. C. Olson, L. Evans, N. R. Bayya, and J. Edelberg "A comparison of encoding methods for automated design of optical architectures", Proc. SPIE 10746, Novel Optical Systems Design and Optimization XXI, 107460J (17 September 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2321649

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