Abstract

Freeform illumination design for extended sources is a very challenging but rewarding issue that can benefit a wide range of illumination systems. Here, we propose a method that can achieve compact and highly efficient illumination lenses by deconvolving the blur caused by the extent from light sources. We combine the illumination calculation with the mathematical model of spatially variant convolution and develop a direct computational scheme to calculate the blur kernel without approximations. Two design examples with high optical performances are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

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