Ray tracing in stressed lenses in dynamical-optical systems

Luzia Hahn; Peter Eberhard

doi:10.1117/12.2524888

3 October 2019 Ray tracing in stressed lenses in dynamical-optical systems

Luzia Hahn, Peter Eberhard

Proceedings Volume 11207, Fourth International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics; 1120704 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2524888
Event: IV International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics (AOP 2019), 2019, Lisbon, Portugal

Abstract

The performance of high-precision optical systems can be affected by the presence of mechanical stresses in the optical material. In this work, we present a ray tracing method which considers the ray’s state of polarization while propagating through a mechanically stressed lens. The framework of elastic multibody systems is used to compute stresses in optical elements and generate the information about lens deformations, refraction indices, etc. These are required for the polarization ray tracing method employed here. The proposed ray tracing scheme considers birefringence at the lens-front and uses gradient-index ray tracing within the lens. Simultaneously, the polarization states are traced with the aid of Jones vectors. Finally, the correlation of the traced polarization states and the mechanical stresses is investigated.

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Luzia Hahn and Peter Eberhard "Ray tracing in stressed lenses in dynamical-optical systems", Proc. SPIE 11207, Fourth International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics, 1120704 (3 October 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2524888

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Ray tracing

Polarization

Birefringence

Geometrical optics

Refractive index

Systems modeling

Refraction

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