Simultaneous calculation of three optical surfaces in the 3D SMS freeform RXI optic

Simone Sorgato; Julio Chaves; Rubén Mohedano; Maikel Hernández; José Blen; Pablo Benitez; Juan C. Miñano; Dejan Grabovickic; Hugo Thienpont; Fabian Duerr

doi:10.1117/12.2236916

2 November 2016 Simultaneous calculation of three optical surfaces in the 3D SMS freeform RXI optic

Simone Sorgato, Julio Chaves, Rubén Mohedano, Maikel Hernández, José Blen, Pablo Benitez, Juan C. Miñano, Dejan Grabovickic, Hugo Thienpont, Fabian Duerr

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Proceedings Volume 9955, Nonimaging Optics: Efficient Design for Illumination and Solar Concentration XIII—Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Nonimaging Optics; 99550C (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2236916
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2016, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Freeform RXI collimator is a remarkable example of advanced nonimaging device designed with the 3D Simultaneous Multiple Surface (SMS) Method. In the original design, two (the front refracting surface and the back mirror) of the three optical surfaces of the RXI are calculated simultaneously and one (the cavity surrounding the source) is fixed by the designer. As a result, the RXI perfectly couples two input wavefronts (coming from the edges of the extended LED source) with two output wavefronts (defining the output beam). This allows for LED lamps able to produce controlled intensity distributions, which can and have been successfully applied to demanding applications like high- and low-beams for Automotive Lighting. Nevertheless, current trends in this field are moving towards smaller headlamps with more shape constraints driven by car design. We present an improved version of the 3D RXI in which also the cavity surface is computed during the design, so that there are three freeform surfaces calculated simultaneously and an additional degree of freedom for controlling the light emission: now the RXI can perfectly couple three input wavefronts with three output wavefronts. The enhanced control over ray beams allows for improved light homogeneity and better pattern definition.

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Simone Sorgato, Julio Chaves, Rubén Mohedano, Maikel Hernández, José Blen, Pablo Benitez, Juan C. Miñano, Dejan Grabovickic, Hugo Thienpont, and Fabian Duerr "Simultaneous calculation of three optical surfaces in the 3D SMS freeform RXI optic", Proc. SPIE 9955, Nonimaging Optics: Efficient Design for Illumination and Solar Concentration XIII—Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Nonimaging Optics, 99550C (2 November 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2236916

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