Introduction to Nonimaging Optics

ISBN-13: 9781482206739 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 786 str.

Julio Chaves

Opis

Introduction to Nonimaging Optics covers the theoretical foundations and design methods of nonimaging optics, as well as key concepts from related fields. This fully updated, revised, and expanded Second Edition:

• Features a new and intuitive introduction with a basic description of the advantages of nonimaging optics
• Adds new chapters on wavefronts for a prescribed output (irradiance or intensity), infinitesimal etendue optics (generalization of the aplanatic optics), and Kohler optics and color mixing
• Incorporates new material on the simultaneous multiple surface (SMS) design method in 3-D, integral invariants, and etendue 2-D
• Contains 21 chapters, 24 fully worked and several other examples, and 1,000+ illustrations, including photos of real devices
• Addresses applications ranging from solar energy concentration to illumination engineering

Introduction to Nonimaging Optics, Second Edition invites newcomers to explore the growing field of nonimaging optics, while providing seasoned veterans with an extensive reference book."

Spis treści

Why Use Nonimaging Optics. Fundamental Concepts. Design of Two-Dimensional Concentrators. Étendue and the Winston–Welford Design Method. Vector Flux. Combination of Primaries with Flow-Line Secondaries. Stepped Flow-Line Nonimaging Optics. Luminaires. Miñano–Benitez Design Method (Simultaneous Multiple Surface). Wavefronts for Prescribed Output. Infinitesimal Étendue Optics. Köhler Optics and Color-Mixing. The Miñano Design Method Using Poisson Brackets. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Geometrical Optics. Rays and Wavefronts. Reflection and Refraction. Symmetry. Étendue in Phase Space. Classical Mechanics and Geometrical Optics. Radiometry, Photometry, and Radiation Heat Transfer. Plane Curves.

O autorze

Julio Chaves completed his undergraduate studies in physics engineering at the Higher Technical Institute, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal in 1995. He received his Ph.D in physics from the same institute. Dr. Chaves did postgraduate work at the Solar Energy Institute, Technical University of Madrid, Spain in 2002, and in 2003, he joined Light Prescriptions Innovators (LPI), LLC, Altadena, California, USA. In 2006, he moved back to Madrid, Spain, and has been working with LPI since. Dr. Chaves developed the new concepts of stepped flow-line optics and ideal light confinement by caustics (caustics as flow lines). He is the co-inventor of several patents and the coauthor of many papers in the field of nonimaging optics. He also participated in the early development of the simultaneous multiple surface design method in three-dimensional geometry.