Open AccessFree-form V-groove reflector design with the SMS method in three dimensions
Author(s) -
Dejan Grabovičkić,
Pablo Benı́tez,
Juan C. Miñano
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.19.00a747
Subject(s) - groove (engineering) , optics , reflector (photography) , wavefront , coupling (piping) , corner reflector , materials science , physics , light source , metallurgy
The Simultaneous Multiple Surface design method in three dimensions (SMS3D) is applied to the design of free-form V-groove reflectors. The general design problem is how to achieve the coupling of two wavefronts after two reflections at the V-groove, no matter which side of the groove the rays hit first. This paper also explains a design procedure for thin dielectric grooved-reflector substitutes for conventional mirrored surfaces. Some canonical V-groove designs are ray-traced in detail.