Design and optimization of an optical channel for controlling the divergence of the radiated power from a thermal beacon

Farid Behazin; Mehdi N. Fesharaki; Abdolreza Nabavi; Ali Mahmoodi

doi:10.1117/12.368254

6 October 1999 Design and optimization of an optical channel for controlling the divergence of the radiated power from a thermal beacon

Farid Behazin, Mehdi N. Fesharaki, Abdolreza Nabavi, Ali Mahmoodi

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Proceedings Volume 3781, Nonimaging Optics: Maximum Efficiency Light Transfer V; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.368254
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

The effects of conical optical channel parameters on divergence of the rays radiated from an emitter plate are investigated. The optical channel is used to maximize the radiant power (flux) in a given solid angle at the exit aperture of the channel. A simulation method is presented for optimizing the channel layout, using channel gain (efficiency) as a measure of the output radiant power. Monte Carlo method is employed to generate emitted rays, and ray tracing is performed in a 3D fashion using each of the three reflection models, i.e., specular, diffuse, and Gaussian. The simulation results indicate that, for a given solid angle of output radiation, the channel gain attains a maximum for certain values of length, cone angle and two radii of the semi-conical channel. Moreover, the channel length has only a scaling effect on channel gain, when the cone angle and ratio of two radii are constant.

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Farid Behazin, Mehdi N. Fesharaki, Abdolreza Nabavi, and Ali Mahmoodi "Design and optimization of an optical channel for controlling the divergence of the radiated power from a thermal beacon", Proc. SPIE 3781, Nonimaging Optics: Maximum Efficiency Light Transfer V, (6 October 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.368254

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Reflection

Monte Carlo methods

Channel projecting optics

Ray tracing

Solids

Geometrical optics

Mathematical modeling

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