Nonrotationally symmetric nonimaging systems that overcome the flux-transfer performance limit imposed by skewness conservation

Narkis E. Shatz; John C. Bortz; Harald Ries; Roland Winston

doi:10.1117/12.290226

3 October 1997 Nonrotationally symmetric nonimaging systems that overcome the flux-transfer performance limit imposed by skewness conservation

Narkis E. Shatz, John C. Bortz, Harald Ries, Roland Winston

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Proceedings Volume 3139, Nonimaging Optics: Maximum Efficiency Light Transfer IV; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.290226
Event: Optical Science, Engineering and Instrumentation '97, 1997, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Theoretical upper limits on measures of flux-transfer performance due to skewness conservation in rotationally symmetric nonimaging optical systems have recently been discovered and quantified. These limits can have an adverse impact on the performance of projection or coupling optics which collect light from 3D sources. In this contribution we show that these limits can be exceeded by employing nonrotationally symmetric configurations. We consider the problems of maximizing flux transfer from both a homogeneous spherical source and a homogeneous cylindrical source to a homogeneous disk-shaped target of equal etendue. We find that the performance limits due to skewness conservation for these problems can be overcome by numerically optimized reflectors possessing a nonrotationally symmetric star-like cross-section.

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Narkis E. Shatz, John C. Bortz, Harald Ries, and Roland Winston "Nonrotationally symmetric nonimaging systems that overcome the flux-transfer performance limit imposed by skewness conservation", Proc. SPIE 3139, Nonimaging Optics: Maximum Efficiency Light Transfer IV, (3 October 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.290226

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