Automated design of freeform imaging systems

Light, Science & Applications
Tong YangJun Zhu

Abstract

The automated design of imaging systems involving no or minimal human effort has always been the expectation of scientists, researchers and optical engineers. In addition, it is challenging to choose an appropriate starting point for an optical system design. In this paper, we present a novel design framework based on a point-by-point design process that can automatically obtain high-performance freeform systems. This framework only requires a combination of planes as the input based on the configuration requirements or the prior knowledge of designers. This point-by-point design framework is different from the decades-long tradition of optimizing surface coefficients. Compared with the traditional design method, whereby the selection of the starting point and the optimization process are independent of each other and require extensive amount of human effort, there are no obvious differences between these two processes in our design framework, and the entire design process is mostly automated. This automated design process significantly reduces the amount of human effort required and does not rely on advanced design skills and experience. To demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed design framework, we successfully designed ...Continue Reading

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Jun 8, 2018·Applied Optics·Tong YangYongtian Wang
Aug 23, 2018·Optics Express·Shuai XueDede Zhai
Mar 16, 2019·Applied Optics·Rafael G González-AcuñaJulio C Gutiérrez-Vega
May 3, 2018·Nature Communications·Aaron BauerJannick P Rolland
Sep 11, 2019·Applied Optics·Jun ZhuGuofan Jin
Jun 30, 2019·Optics Express·Thomas Houllier, Thierry Lépine
Mar 2, 2019·Optics Letters·Jean-Baptiste Volatier, Guillaume Druart
May 8, 2021·Light, Science & Applications·Fabian Duerr, Hugo Thienpont
Oct 30, 2020·Optics Express·Tong YangYongtian Wang
Jul 3, 2019··Jean-Baptiste VolatierGuillaume Druart
Aug 30, 2019··Rafael G. González-AcuñaJulio C. Gutiérrez-Vega
Sep 9, 2019··Rafael Guillermo Gonzalez AcuñaJulio C. Gutiérrez-Vega

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