Fast tolerance analysis of optical systems for illumination (Conference Presentation)

Leonard Zugby; Vaibhav Bora; William J. Cassarly; Thomas G. Kuper

doi:10.1117/12.2321896

18 September 2018 Fast tolerance analysis of optical systems for illumination (Conference Presentation)

Leonard Zugby, Vaibhav Bora, William J. Cassarly, Thomas G. Kuper

Proceedings Volume 10747, Optical System Alignment, Tolerancing, and Verification XII; 107470E (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2321896
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2018, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

A tolerance analysis of an illumination system is an iterative process used to determine the bounds on the tolerances which result in an acceptable range of performance measures. Tolerances are parameters in an optical system that could deviate from their nominal value during manufacturing and assembly of optical systems (eg. curvature, conic constant, aspheric coefficients, the position or alignment of an optical element, surface roughness etc). Performance measures are properties of an optical system that encapsulate requirements like total power, or uniformity of illuminance, manufacturing cost etc. Modern optical systems for illumination use Monte-Carlo simulations for design and analysis [1]. Often, these optical Monte-Carlo simulations for illumination systems are computationally expensive and could take multiple hours to complete. A tolerance analysis can require multiple optical Monte-Carlo simulations, which can then take days to complete. To reduce the time to perform a tolerancing analysis, we used a multidimensional fit. This fit allows us to modify the tolerance distributions and estimate the resulting performance measures without having to rerun lengthy ray trace simulations. Two illumination examples, one with color analysis and the other with a TIR lens are used to illustrate the advantages and limitations of this approach. [1] Koshel, R.J., ed. [Illumination Engineering: Design with Nonimaging optics], Wiley-IEEE Press, New York (2013).

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Leonard Zugby, Vaibhav Bora, William J. Cassarly, and Thomas G. Kuper "Fast tolerance analysis of optical systems for illumination (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 10747, Optical System Alignment, Tolerancing, and Verification XII, 107470E (18 September 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2321896

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Tolerancing

Monte Carlo methods

Optics manufacturing

Optical simulations

Aspheric lenses

Assembly tolerances

Diamond turning

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