A skew freeform reflector design method for prescribed off-axis irradiance

In this paper we proposed a new methodology for designing freeform reflectors tailored to redistribute the radiant flux emitted by a point light source onto a target plane with the prescribed irradiance pattern. Based on the laws of reflection and energy conservation, a skew freeform model with a se...

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Main Authors: Jian-Jia Su, Chung-Hao Tien, Yu-Lin Tsai, Chin-Tien Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-06-01
Series:Results in Physics
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211379718328493
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Summary:In this paper we proposed a new methodology for designing freeform reflectors tailored to redistribute the radiant flux emitted by a point light source onto a target plane with the prescribed irradiance pattern. Based on the laws of reflection and energy conservation, a skew freeform model with a set of second-order ordinary differential equations formulating the ray tracing between the source and target domain was presented. A 3D freeform reflector was constructed by using such skew freeform model with quadric surface fitting accordingly. Proposed scheme is applicable for arbitrary geometric-based mapping without the restrictions subject to the target, source, collective solid angle, or target topography, respectively. Keywords: Geometric optical design, Non-imaging optics, Illumination design, Computation methods
ISSN:2211-3797