Illumination Systems: Optimization and Tolerancing

This course will explain how to set-up, optimize and tolerance illumination systems.
About This Course
This course includes the following content:
- Introduction to Optimization – Parabolic Reflectors
- Sobol
- “Smart” random ray-tracing
- Compound Parabolic Concentrator (CPC)
- Self Study Exercise to design a CPC
- Bitmap Optimization
- Design a freeform mirror to create uniform illumination in NSC mode
- Tolerancing NSC Systems
- CPC tolerancing
- Back Light Module Example
- Model and optimize an edge-lit Back Light Module
Curriculum
Getting Started
- Before we get started....
Illumination Systems
- 1. Examples of Illumination Systems
Optimization of a Parabolic Reflector
- 2. What is a Parabolic Reflector?
- 3. Example: Set-up
- 4. Merit Function
- 5. Example: optimization near-field
- 6. Practice Time: Optimization
- 7. Example: optimization far-field
- 8. Example: optimization real source
- 9. Important points about Optimization
Optimization of a Compound Parabolic Concentrator (CPC)
- 10. What is a CPC?
- 11. Practice Time: can you design a CPC?
- 12. CPC Design step-by-step: set-up
- 13. CPC Design step-by-step: evaluation and optimization
- CPC: Quiz
Bitmap Optimization
- 14. What is the Bitmap Optimization?
- 15. Practice Time: Freeform Mirror
- 16. Bitmap Optimization Freeform Mirror: set-up
- 17. Bitmap Optimization Freeform Mirror: optimization
- Bitmap Optimization: Quiz
Tolerancing of a Compound Parabolic Concentrator (CPC)
- 18. Tolerancing in Non-Sequential
- 19. Tolerancing a CPC: Defining Tolerances
- 20. Tolerancing a CPC: Criteria and Running the Tolerancing
- Tolerancing in Non-Sequential: Quiz
Optimization of a Back Light Module
- 21. What is a Back Light Module?
- 22. Back Light Module: Specifications
- 23. Back Light Module: Set-up
- 24. Back Light Module: Array Object
- 25. Back Light Module: Microstructure
- 26. Back Light Module: Finish set-up and evaluation
- 27. Back Light Module: Optimization on Spatial Uniformity
- 28. Back Light Module: BEF
- 29. Back Light Module: Adding BEF
- 30. Back Light Module: Full System
- Back Light Module: Quiz
Test your knowledge!
- Illumination Systems - Test your knowledge!