Inverse Problems in Nonimaging Optics

Scientific results

In a recent work, Quentin Mérigot, Jocelyn Meyron and Boris Thibert developed an algorithm which enables to conceive and to build a whole series of optical components, lenses or mirrors, capable of transferring light radiation in an optimal and precise way. Their work is based on new numerical methods which prove very efficient to solve certain optimal transport problems.

Noninmaging optics, or anidolic optics, is concerned with the optimal transfer of light radiation between a source and a target. The general problem consists in conceiving the shape of a mirror (or lense) which reflect (or refracts) the light emitted from a source to its target. Applications include the conception of solar ovens, lamplights, car headlignts, and more generally the optimisation of lighted zones and of the reduction of light pollution.

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Contacts

Quentin Mérigot est professeur à l’université Paris-sud. Il est membre du laboratoire de mathématiques d’Orsay (LMO - CNRS & Université Paris-Sud).

Jocelyn Meyron a réalisé sa thèse de mathématiques appliquées au laboratoire Jean Kuntzmann (LJK - CNRS, Grenoble INP, Inria & Université Grenoble Alpes).

Boris Thibert est maître de conférence à l’unversité Grenoble Alpes. Il est membre du laboratoire Jean Kuntzmann (LJK - CNRS, Grenoble INP, Inria & Université Grenoble Alpes).