Optics-Hackathon

Goal

Develop an algorithm to find the optimal optical scheme for the specified parameters

Parameters, Materials and Limitations

Optical parameters

• Wavelength: 470-650 nm
• Field of view (sensor): 2,0 mm
• Symmetry: axis
• Number of lenses: >=2

Allowed Materials

• Plastic_1: n_1 = 1.54, Abbe_num_1 = 75.0
• Plastic_2: n_2 = 1.67, Abbe_num_2 = 39.0
• Plastic_mix, k=[0..1]: n_1 * k + n_2 * (1-k), Abbe_num_1 * k + Abbe_num_2 * (1-k)

Surfaces Types

• Spherical convex and concave surfaces
• Aspheric surfaces
• Any other surfaces, the main requirement is that they have a minimum thickness and work correctly in ray-optics package

Design Limitations

• Focal distance: 5.0 mm
• F/#: ≤2.1
• Total length: ≤7mm
• Lens thickness: ≥100µ
• Air thickness: ≥0

Loss Function

Parameters

• Spot RMS: the smaller the better
• Encircled energy in D20µ: ≥80% Spot Root Mean Square shows how well parallel incoming rays are focused at the destination, and is calculated for 5 different points of view