Extreme Form Factor Optical Systems
Event details
| Date | 23.06.2010 |
| Hour | 09:00 |
| Speaker | Eric Tremblay, University of California San Diego |
| Location |
MEB10
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Optical system design is always a problem of constrained optimization, where the application sets requirements on optical performance (resolution, efficiency etc.) as well as the typically conflicting constraints on the cost and/or physical footprint (size, weight, and power) of the system. In this talk, I will review work on several imaging systems and a solar concentrator where the physical shape of the system has been a dominant factor in the optical system design.
These “extreme form factor” optical systems take on a variety of application dependant unusual realizations; from thin reflective cameras and magnifying contact lenses, to planar microoptic solar concentrators, to some preliminary work on multiscale lens systems capable of gigapixels of resolution.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Contact
- Carole Berthet