Recent advances in the SMS design method: 3D aplanatism and diffraction

Juan C. Miñano; P. Benitez; B. Narasimhan; M. Nikolic; J. Mendes-Lopes; D. Grabovickic

doi:10.1117/12.2237402

7 September 2016 Recent advances in the SMS design method: 3D aplanatism and diffraction

Juan C. Miñano, P. Benitez, B. Narasimhan, M. Nikolic, J. Mendes-Lopes, D. Grabovickic

Proceedings Volume 9955, Nonimaging Optics: Efficient Design for Illumination and Solar Concentration XIII—Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Nonimaging Optics; 99550D (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2237402
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2016, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Recent advances in the Simultaneous Multiple Surfaces (SMS) design method are reviewed in this paper. In particular, we review the design of diffractive surfaces using the SMS method and the concept of freeform aplanatism as a limit case of a 3D SMS design.

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Juan C. Miñano, P. Benitez, B. Narasimhan, M. Nikolic, J. Mendes-Lopes, and D. Grabovickic "Recent advances in the SMS design method: 3D aplanatism and diffraction", Proc. SPIE 9955, Nonimaging Optics: Efficient Design for Illumination and Solar Concentration XIII—Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Nonimaging Optics, 99550D (7 September 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2237402

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