Non-image Forming Optical System Design

Mitchell C. Ruda

doi:10.1117/12.949283

14 February 1986 Non-image Forming Optical System Design

Mitchell C. Ruda

Proceedings Volume 0554, 1985 International Lens Design Conference; (1986) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.949283
Event: 1985 International Lens Design Conference, 1985, Cherry Hill, United States

Abstract

Criteria for evaluating the quality of optical concentrators are first discussed. Since nearly any optical system can behave as a concentrator, the suitability of several imaging and nonimaging optical systems for this purpose is examined, and their relative merits are evaluated. The basic design tool for nonimaging concentrators, namely the "edge-ray principle", is explained. An example is given in which it is shown how the concentrator system of choice can be selected nearly exclusively on the basis of the absolute and relative values of the required concentration ratios.

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Mitchell C. Ruda "Non-image Forming Optical System Design", Proc. SPIE 0554, 1985 International Lens Design Conference, (14 February 1986); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.949283

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