Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 50, Issue 2, 20200183(2021)

Optical design of freeform Fresnel TIR lens for LED uniform illumination

Tiantian Hu1...2, Chunmei Zeng1,2, Congshan Rui1,2, Yang Hong1,2, and Suodong Ma12 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
  • 2Key Lab of Advanced Optical Manufacturing Technologies of Jiangsu Province & Key Lab of Modern Optical Technologies of Education Ministry of China, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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    Figures & Tables(11)
    Flow chart for designing the freeform TIR lens
    Equalize the luminous flux and the target plane (: the cone angle of the sampling rays; R: the radius of the target plane; : the radius of each annulus on target plane)
    Schematic diagram of the freeform TIR lens (1: a circular plane; 2: a freeform surface to be designed; 3: a cylindrical surface inside; 4: a freeform TIR surface to be designed; 5: an annular plane)
    Optical geometry of freeform surface
    Schematic diagram of Fresnel lens (R: the half-diameter of the lens; d: the width of each annulus; : the half inside-diameter of the jth Fresnel annulus; the half outer-diameter of the jth Fresnel annulus)
    2D cross-section diagram of two types of TIR lens
    Illuminance distribution of two types of TIR lens
    3D models of two types of TIR lens
    • Table 1. Main parameters of Fresnel lens

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      Table 1. Main parameters of Fresnel lens

      ParameterSpecification
      Light source size/mm2×2
      Half-diameter of the lens/mm24
      Half-diameter of the target plane/m2.5
      Distance between target plane/m and the light source/m10
      Lens materialPMMA
      Number of segments N22
    • Table 2. Illumination effect of freeform Fresnel TIR lenses with different numbers of segments

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      Table 2. Illumination effect of freeform Fresnel TIR lenses with different numbers of segments

      Number of segments N16182022
      Illumination uniformity72.3%75.4%78.1%82.0%
      luminous efficiency89.2%92.3%93.3%96.6%
    • Table 3. Comparison of lens size and illumination performance

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      Table 3. Comparison of lens size and illumination performance

      Volume/mm3Weight/gSuperficial area/mm2Illumination uniformityLuminous efficiency
      Freeform TIR lens27437.2727.445977.5382.0%98.2%
      Freeform TIR Fresnel lens21940.0621.945899.1882.0%96.6%
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    Tiantian Hu, Chunmei Zeng, Congshan Rui, Yang Hong, Suodong Ma. Optical design of freeform Fresnel TIR lens for LED uniform illumination[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2021, 50(2): 20200183

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical design

    Received: May. 19, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Mar. 22, 2021

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20200183

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