Wiley-VCH GmbH Engineering Illumination Optics: Case Studies and Exercises

List of Exercises viiList of Knowledge Corner Topics xiList of Simulations xiiiPreface xvAcronyms xvii 1 Introduction 11.1 Goals, or How to Use This Book 11.2 Structure 41.2.1 Exercises and Solutions 41.2.2 Insights from the Knowledge Corner café 71.3 Quick Estimates 101.4 Introducing the Wisenheimers 12 2 Warm Up 152.1 Angles and Solid Angles 152.2 Refraction 282.3 Paraxial Optics 382.4 Laser beams 452.5 Conic sections 522.5.1 Parabola 572.5.2 Ellipse 662.5.3 Hyperbola 78 3 Theory 913.1 Rays 913.2 Etendue 933.3 Light tubes 1013.4 Radiometry 1243.5 Black-Body and Solar Radiation 1603.6 Spectral Calculus, Color and Vision 1753.6.1 Spectral quantities 1753.6.2 Color 1833.6.3 Color filters 1933.6.4 Light Mixing 196 4 Practice 2194.1 Light Sources 2194.2 Lighting 2344.3 Solar Collection, Astronomy and Space 2524.4 Daylighting 2594.5 Horticulture Lighting 2684.6 Light Detection 2744.7 Projectors and Stage Lights 2914.8 Headlights 318 5 Design 3335.1 Predesign Calculus 3335.1.1 Spotlights 3335.1.2 Solar Simulators 3365.1.3 Medical Lighting 3495.2 Evaluation of datasheets and product specifications 3605.3 Selecting a light source 373 6 Conclusions 3896.1 Formulas to Remember 3906.1.1 Snells Law, Expressed as a Conservation Law 3906.1.2 Conic Sections 3906.1.3 Etendue Calculations 3906.1.4 Etendue Estimation by Simulation 3916.1.5 Etendue and Coherence 3916.1.6 Luminance and Etendue 3916.1.7 The Radiometry Diamond 3926.1.8 Efficiency Limit 3926.1.9 Lambertian Emitters 3926.1.10 Inverse Square Law 3936.1.11 cos4 Law 3936.1.12 cosn beams 3936.1.13 Stefan?Boltzmann Law 3946.1.14 Color Weight 3946.1.15 Maximum Concentration 3946.2 Takeaways and Recommendations 394 Reference 396 Index 397