Design of diffractive optical surfaces within the SMS design method

João Mendes-Lopes; Pablo Benítez; Juan C. Miñano

doi:10.1117/12.2189102

25 August 2015 Design of diffractive optical surfaces within the SMS design method

João Mendes-Lopes, Pablo Benítez, Juan C. Miñano

Proceedings Volume 9572, Nonimaging Optics: Efficient Design for Illumination and Solar Concentration XII; 95720K (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2189102
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2015, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Simultaneous Multiple Surface (SMS) method was initially developed as a design method in Nonimaging Optics and later, the method was extended for designing Imaging Optics. We present the extension of the SMS method to design diffractive optical surfaces. This method involves the simultaneous calculation of N/2 diffractive surfaces, using the phase-shift properties of diffractive surfaces as an extra degree of freedom, such that N one-parameter wavefronts can be perfectly coupled. Moreover, the SMS method for diffractive surfaces is a direct method, i.e., it is not based in multi-parametric optimization techniques. Representative diffractive systems designed by the SMS method are presented.

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João Mendes-Lopes, Pablo Benítez, and Juan C. Miñano "Design of diffractive optical surfaces within the SMS design method", Proc. SPIE 9572, Nonimaging Optics: Efficient Design for Illumination and Solar Concentration XII, 95720K (25 August 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2189102

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