Maximum-performance fiber optic irradiation with nonimaging designs

Yueping Fang; Daniel Feuermann; Jeffrey M. Gordon

doi:10.1117/12.279216

3 October 1997 Maximum-performance fiber optic irradiation with nonimaging designs

Yueping Fang, Daniel Feuermann, Jeffrey M. Gordon

Proceedings Volume 3139, Nonimaging Optics: Maximum Efficiency Light Transfer IV; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.279216
Event: Optical Science, Engineering and Instrumentation '97, 1997, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We develop a range of practical nonimaging devices for optical fiber applications where rays emerging from a fiber over a restricted angular range (small numerical aperture) must illuminate a small near-field detector at maximum radiative efficiency. These designs range from pure reflector (all-mirror), to pure dielectric (refractive and based on total internal reflection), to lens-mirror combinations. Sample designs are presented for a specific infrared fiberoptic irradiation problem of practical interest. Optical performance is checked with computer 3D raytracing. Compared to conventional imaging solutions, our new nonimaging units offer considerable practical advantages in compactness and ease of alignment, as well as noticeably superior radiative efficiency.

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Yueping Fang, Daniel Feuermann, and Jeffrey M. Gordon "Maximum-performance fiber optic irradiation with nonimaging designs", Proc. SPIE 3139, Nonimaging Optics: Maximum Efficiency Light Transfer IV, (3 October 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.279216

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