Designing tailored free-form surfaces for general illumination

Andreas L. Timinger; Julius A. Muschaweck; Harald Ries

doi:10.1117/12.505918

12 November 2003 Designing tailored free-form surfaces for general illumination

Andreas L. Timinger, Julius A. Muschaweck, Harald Ries

Proceedings Volume 5186, Design of Efficient Illumination Systems; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.505918
Event: Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 48th Annual Meeting, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

3-D tailoring is a constructive method for the design of free-form optical elements for illumination. The light of a point source is redirected in a controlled manner to cast a prescribed irradiation pattern on a target surface. Free parameters can be used to control the shape of the surface resulting from the tailoring process. Every change in the parameters may lead to an entirely different design. Hence the choice of parameters is crucial for the technical feasibility and the visual appearance of the luminaire. Examples of free parameters are the chosen caustics, trimming of the surface, the choice between mirror and lens optics, and the mutual orientation of source and optical elements.

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Andreas L. Timinger, Julius A. Muschaweck, and Harald Ries "Designing tailored free-form surfaces for general illumination", Proc. SPIE 5186, Design of Efficient Illumination Systems, (12 November 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.505918

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