Illumination optimization: The revolution has begun

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4832, Issue , 2002, Pages 258-269

  Cassarly, William J ^a   Hayford, Michael J ^a  

^a OPTICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated optimization; Illumination; Optical design; Optical modeling; Ray tracing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; RAY TRACING;

ILLUMINATION OPTIMIZATION; OPTICAL MODELING; SEQUENTIAL RAY TRACING;

OPTICAL DESIGN;

EID: 0038688067     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.486466     Document Type: Conference Paper

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