In contrast to designing nanophotonic devices by tuning a handful of device parameters, we have developed a computational method which utilizes the full parameter space to design linear nanophotonic devices. We show t...
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In contrast to designing nanophotonic devices by tuning a handful of device parameters, we have developed a computational method which utilizes the full parameter space to design linear nanophotonic devices. We show that our method may indeed be capable of designing any linear nanophotonic device by demonstrating designed structures which are fully three-dimensional and multi-modal, exhibit novel functionality, have very compact footprints, exhibit high efficiency, and are manufacturable. In addition, we also demonstrate the ability to produce structures which are strongly robust to wavelength and temperature shift, as well as fabrication error. Critically, we show that our method does not require the user to be a nanophotonic expert or to perform any manual tuning. Instead, we are able to design devices solely based on the user's desired performance specification for the device. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America
We report on a method for estimation of angle-dependent mode coupling and attenuation in step-index plastic optical fibers (SI-POFs) from the shapes of impulse responses at two different fiber lengths. While alternati...
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We report on a method for estimation of angle-dependent mode coupling and attenuation in step-index plastic optical fibers (SI-POFs) from the shapes of impulse responses at two different fiber lengths. While alternating the fiber lengths, deviations between simulated and reference impulse responses are minimized by optimizing both mode coupling and attenuation parameters using pattern-search routines. Applying a matrix-based finite-difference approach to Gloge's time-dependent power flow equation fast computation of simulated impulse responses is enabled. We demonstrate that mode-dependent coupling and attenuation parameters converge to values that reconstruct fiber characteristics reported by other authors. We show that our results can be used for prediction of impulse responses, yielding determination of frequency responses, fiber bandwidths and coupling lengths. We conclude that our method enables characterization of SI-POFs from fiber impulse response measurements. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America
We propose an effective optimization method for generating smooth freeform surfaces for light-emitting diode(LED)non-rotational illumination based on ray *** method begins with a starting design and goes through two o...
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We propose an effective optimization method for generating smooth freeform surfaces for light-emitting diode(LED)non-rotational illumination based on ray *** method begins with a starting design and goes through two optimization *** initial estimate is determined using a partial differential equation(PDE)method and a variable separation *** the first optimization step the merit function is developed with ray targeting to ensure the shape of the illumination *** purpose of the second optimization is to further improve the optical performance by constructing the merit function with uniformity and *** freeform reflective and refractive surfaces,which can produce a uniform rectangular illumination without rotational symmetry,are designed using this *** results show that uniform rectangular illumination is achieved and that smooth freeform surfaces are *** ray targeting,the design efficiency can be significantly enhanced,and excellent optical performance can be achieved.
A fast calculation method for computer generation of spherical holograms in proposed. This method is based on wave propagation defined in spectral domain and in spherical coordinates. The spherical wave spectrum and t...
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A fast calculation method for computer generation of spherical holograms in proposed. This method is based on wave propagation defined in spectral domain and in spherical coordinates. The spherical wave spectrum and transfer function were derived from boundary value solutions to the scalar wave equation. It is a spectral propagation formula analogous to angular spectrum formula in cartesian coordinates. A numerical method to evaluate the derived formula is suggested, which uses only N(logN)(2) operations for calculations on N sampling points. Simulation results are presented to verify the correctness of the proposed method. A spherical hologram for a spherical object was generated and reconstructed successfully using the proposed method. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America
It was previously demonstrated by Bauerle et al. [Opt. Express 20, 14477 (2012)] that the computation of ray paths through the optical system (ray mapping) can be used to design multisurface freeform optical elements ...
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It was previously demonstrated by Bauerle et al. [Opt. Express 20, 14477 (2012)] that the computation of ray paths through the optical system (ray mapping) can be used to design multisurface freeform optical elements creating a prescribed irradiance pattern for a zero-etendue source. The procedure outlined there uses the heuristic step of reducing the ray mapping's curl to improve adherence to surface integrability criteria. This Letter formally derives a quantitative estimate for the limitations of this approach in the collimated case and shows the key factors influencing the quality of the final optics. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America
The multicomponent 1,6-dipheny1-1,3,5-hexatriene + tetrahydrofuran + water + ethanol (DPH + THF + W + E) solutions with variable content in water were studied by computational and spectral means. The computational res...
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The multicomponent 1,6-dipheny1-1,3,5-hexatriene + tetrahydrofuran + water + ethanol (DPH + THF + W + E) solutions with variable content in water were studied by computational and spectral means. The computational results that indicate micelle formation in multicomponent solutions at high water content were correlated by the independence of the wavenumber in the maximum of the fluorescence on the solvent composition. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
This study addresses the regression of in-water radiometric profile data with the objective of investigating solutions to minimize uncertainties of derived products like subsurface radiance and irradiance (L-u0 and E-...
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This study addresses the regression of in-water radiometric profile data with the objective of investigating solutions to minimize uncertainties of derived products like subsurface radiance and irradiance (L-u0 and E-d0) and diffuse attenuation coefficients. Analyses are conducted using radiometric profiles generated through Monte Carlo simulations and field measurements. A nonlinear NL approach is presented as an alternative to the standard linear method LN. Results indicate that the LN method, relying on log-transformed data, tends to underestimate regression results with respect to NL operating on non-transformed data. The log-transformation is thus identified as the source of biases in data products. Observed differences between LN and NL regression results for Lu0 are of the order of 1-2%, that is well below the target uncertainty for data products from in situ measurements (i.e., 5%). For Ed0, instead, differences can easily exceed 5% as a result of more pronounced light focusing and defocusing effects due to wave perturbations. This work also remarks the importance of applying the multi-cast measurement scheme as a mean to increase the precision of data products. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America
We propose a fast algorithm to estimate the flux collected by conic reflector patches, based on the calculation of intersections between neighboring patches. The algorithm can be employed in conjunction with the suppo...
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We propose a fast algorithm to estimate the flux collected by conic reflector patches, based on the calculation of intersections between neighboring patches. The algorithm can be employed in conjunction with the supporting ellipsoids algorithm for freeform reflector design and is shown to be orders of magnitude faster and more scalable than the commonly used Monte Carlo ray tracing approach. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America
The theoretical method for analyzing the first-order optics of stabilized zoom lenses with two focal-length-variable elements is presented. The first and second derivatives and the Hessian matrix of the zoom equations...
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The theoretical method for analyzing the first-order optics of stabilized zoom lenses with two focal-length-variable elements is presented. The first and second derivatives and the Hessian matrix of the zoom equations with respect to the Gaussian parameters are determined to represent the sensitivity of the zoom ratio of the system to changes in the corresponding system variables. Four-group stabilized zoom lens designs with 2: 1 and 5: 1 zoom ratios are successfully investigated.
There are many visual inspection and sensing applications where both a high resolution image and a depth-map of the imaged object are desirable at high speed. Here we present a novel lens system with high-resolution a...
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