EP3545426A1 - Verfahren zur schnellen simulation eines optischen systems - Google Patents

Verfahren zur schnellen simulation eines optischen systems

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EP3545426A1
EP3545426A1 EP17800533.6A EP17800533A EP3545426A1 EP 3545426 A1 EP3545426 A1 EP 3545426A1 EP 17800533 A EP17800533 A EP 17800533A EP 3545426 A1 EP3545426 A1 EP 3545426A1
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parameters
function
ray
transmission function
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Nicolas ROUANET
Jean-François HOCHEDEZ
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Centre National dEtudes Spatiales CNES
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS
Universite de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines
Sorbonne Universite
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    • G02BOPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B27/00Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00
    • G02B27/0012Optical design, e.g. procedures, algorithms, optimisation routines
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    • G02CSPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES AS SPECTACLES; CONTACT LENSES
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    • G02C7/02Lenses; Lens systems ; Methods of designing lenses
    • G02C7/024Methods of designing ophthalmic lenses
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    • G06F17/00Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions
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    • G06F17/18Complex mathematical operations for evaluating statistical data, e.g. average values, frequency distributions, probability functions, regression analysis
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  • the invention relates to the field of optical simulation, in particular to assist the design, optimization, tolerancing and reverse engineering of optical systems. This makes it possible to improve the observations, past or future, of such optical systems by preventing, limiting or remedying a posteriori some of their imperfections.
  • the invention can also contribute to the field of image synthesis.
  • the paraxial approximation represents the simplest approach for modeling an optical system. It consists in linearizing the laws of Snell-Descartes and applies in particular when the system can be considered as "perfect". Under these conditions, a component - or even an optical system - can be modeled by a matrix. Its simulation is thus simple and economical in computing resources (an analytical solution is even possible). However, the paraxial approximation is satisfactory only if all the rays propagating in the optical system are rather close to the optical axis and slightly inclined with respect to the latter.
  • a digital optical model usually takes the form of a dedicated computer program or generic software such as Zemax (registered trademark), Code V (registered trademark) or others, which must then be specially configured.
  • Zemax registered trademark
  • Code V registered trademark
  • the system in question is typically coded in the form of a positioning sequence of optical elements, themselves represented by representative data structures. For example, for a catadioptric system, the positions provide information on the alignment of the mirrors and the data structures provide, among other things, their radius of curvature.
  • the modeling of the optical system can then be combined with another model that describes the object, that is, the source of the rays.
  • These two models can then be used, in combination with the laws of optics, to produce simulations likely to be confronted with the observables of the real system (existing, virtual or future) or to generate other results, apt for example to measure their performance.
  • the most commonly used numerical simulation technique is ray tracing.
  • the rays are modeled by digital objects, and their propagation is tracked through the optical system studied by applying a deviation, or any other modification (eg polarization change), calculated by applying the laws of optics at each interface (for example a diopter or retro-reflector) they encounter.
  • US5995742 discloses a rapid prototyping process for lighting systems. This process uses ray tracing and provides a solution to the known problem of slowness of this method.
  • the method employs a parallelization of operations with the presentation of a computer architecture particularly well optimized for ray trucking operations.
  • a specific hardware architecture constitutes a strong constraint, limiting the applicability of this method.
  • the invention aims to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks of the prior art. More particularly, it aims to very significantly reduce the computation time required for an optical simulation that is not limited to the paraxial approximation.
  • Many applications covered by the invention usually require three elements: a simulation tool (for example by ray tracing), an exploration of one or more criteria (eg performance, similarity) according to the multidimensional configuration of the system, and a computer system (its processor, architecture, etc.) executing the first two elements.
  • a simulation tool for example by ray tracing
  • an exploration of one or more criteria eg performance, similarity
  • a computer system its processor, architecture, etc.
  • the invention makes it possible to achieve this objective by a method which on the one hand is similar to ray tracing - rays are specified therein, for example by random draw, and the simulation produces their output specifications - but It differentiates as it globally processes the optical system in question by producing desired output specifications, directly from the input specifications of the beam and system parameters.
  • the progression of the rays or beams of rays is not calculated throughout the sequence of its interactions with the material, which greatly increases the speed of treatment.
  • a specificity of this global approach is the use of a set of non-linear functions, preferably parametric, which summarize the behavior of the optical system.
  • An object of the invention is a computer simulation method of an optical system comprising the steps of:
  • step b) is implemented by applying to each said ray or light beam at the input of the optical system, a same non-linear function, said transmission function, representative of the optical system as a whole.
  • Said transmission function has a parametric form. This means that the transmission function depends partly on its independent variables (defining a radius or beam), but also on other variables, called transmission parameters, which model the behavior of the optical system.
  • the method may also comprise a prior calibration step, comprising the determination of a set of parameters of said regression transmission function from a simulation of said optical system by a ray tracing algorithm or from measurements on said optical system.
  • At least some of the parameters of said transmission function can be expressed by a function, said system function having as independent variables configuration parameters of said optical system.
  • Said system function can also have a parametric shape.
  • the system function depends on one hand on its independent variables (the vector of the configuration parameters) and on the other hand on other variables, called parameters. system.
  • the configuration vector and system parameters define the action of the optical system on the transmission parameters considered.
  • the method may also include a prior calibration step, comprising: selecting a plurality of configurations of said optical system, each associated with a transmission function having a parametric shape; for each said configuration, determining a set of parameters of the transmission function associated therewith by regression from a simulation of said optical system by a ray throwing algorithm; and determining a set of parameters of said system function by regression from the thus determined parameters of the transmission functions associated with said configurations of the optical system.
  • the method may also comprise a qualification step by comparing the second parameter vectors obtained by applying said transmission function to a set of first parameter vectors, with results of simulations of said optical system by said algorithm of ray firing or from measurements on said optical system.
  • Said system function and / or said transmission function can in particular be polynomial, or piecewise polynomial.
  • Said transmission function can be polynomial, or piecewise polynomial.
  • Said first and second parameter vectors may each comprise position and propagation direction parameters of said light rays.
  • Said first and second parameter vectors may each comprise parameters representative of statistical distributions of positions and directions of propagation of rays forming said light beams.
  • Another object of the invention is a computer program stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising computer executable instructions for implementing such a method.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates the block diagram of the simulation of an optical system according to a first embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 2 illustrates the block diagram of the simulation of an optical system according to a second embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 3 illustrates the principle of a calibration step of a method according to one embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 4 illustrates the principle of a step of qualifying a method according to one embodiment of the invention, making it possible to calculate a difference between the output specifications produced by this method and those produced by a reference model.
  • FIG. 1 represents the principle of the simulation of the optical system 102 according to one embodiment of the invention.
  • a first step of this method consists in defining a set of rays or light beams at the input e of the optical system where each ray is represented by a first vector 101 of parameters ("input specifications").
  • a radius can be represented by a dimension vector 4 whose two components correspond to the two-dimensional coordinates of the intersection between this radius and an input surface of the system, for example a pupil plane and two other components define its direction of propagation (so-called "range coordinates" or "geometric extent”).
  • additional components may define the length wave, phase, intensity, and / or polarization of the beam, if these parameters influence the output specifications, for example the path of the beams (for example, of a system comprising dispersive elements - such a spectrometer - or having an optical anisotropy).
  • the path of the beams for example, of a system comprising dispersive elements - such a spectrometer - or having an optical anisotropy.
  • the input vector may also not represent the specifications of an individual ray (eg its coordinates, its wavelength, etc.), but represent the parameters (means, standard deviations, or other) of statistical distributions (Gaussian , Lambertian, Harvey-Shack, ABg, polynomial, or other) of these specifications, thus characterizing a light beam instead of a single ray.
  • this makes it possible to model diffusion phenomena, a situation for which the invention proves to be particularly efficient.
  • the modeling of diffusion phenomena by a conventional ray tracing method requires the propagation of the very numerous rays generated at each scattering interface, which is very expensive in terms of time and computing power. According to the invention, on the contrary, it suffices to propagate a single beam.
  • a second step of the method allows, for each ray (or beam - in the following we will consider only the case of an individual ray but, unless otherwise mentioned, all the considerations will also be applicable to the beams) at the input of the optical system, to compute the associated ray output s of the optical system represented by a second vector 103 of parameters ("output specifications").
  • the output vector 103 may have the same components as the input vector 101, or others, typically but not necessarily corresponding to a subset of the input specifications. For example, if it is to model an imaging system in which the output of the system is constituted by a matrix optical sensor, the vector 103 can be limited to two spatial coordinates identifying the points where the output rays meet the plane of the sensor. On the contrary, if we model a subsystem, it is usually necessary to calculate all the output specifications so that they can be used as input for the next subsystem.
  • This second step is implemented by applying to each input ray of the optical system a non-linear function, called a transmission function, representing the optical system 102 as a whole. Equation 1 representing the relationship between the specifications of the first vector
  • the transmission functions will have an easily usable form in a computer code, such as algebraic functions - or possibly transcendent functions.
  • Piecewise functions can be used to model discontinuous systems such as mirror mosaics.
  • polynomial functions, or piecewise polynomials for example "splines" is particularly advantageous.
  • the theory of geometric aberrations suggests that it is expedient to use polynomials of odd order, and often it will be enough to stop at the third order. It should be noted that when the transmission function is linear ("polynomial" of order 1) - a case which does not form part of the invention - we find the paraxial approximation.
  • the optical system 102 is not "frozen". It can occur in different states, or configurations, each represented by a set (vector) ⁇ of parameters, possibly variable or unknown. These parameters may represent, for example, the position and / or orientation of different optical elements, the degree of aperture of a diaphragm, etc. So, instead of a function of single transmission T are, you should use a family of parametric transfer functions? es ( , and equation (1) becomes
  • the optical system 102 of Figure 1 is modeled by a set of dual interlocking functions and parameters.
  • functions generally non-linear, called "system functions" 206, express the parameters of the transmission functions (for example, the coefficients of the monomials of a polynomial expression of these functions) as a function of the vector ⁇ configuration of the optical system.
  • the configuration vector ⁇ is the independent variable of the system functions.
  • system functions are preferably algebraic functions, and especially polynomials of odd order and relatively low (for example 3, 5 or 7). More generally, they can be parametric functions ("system functions") and depend on parameters called "system parameters". In the case where the system functions have a polynomial form, the system parameters can be the coefficients of the monomials forming these polynomials.
  • the system coefficients can be estimated once and for all, during a prior calibration phase, followed, if necessary, by a qualifying phase.
  • the multidimensional space consisting of the geometric extent and any other specifications of the radius or the input beam, multiplied (in the sense of the Cartesian product) by the space of the degrees of freedom of the configuration of the optical system, is sampled in a more or less parsimonious and more or less regular way. It is indeed difficult to travel densely this space when it is very bulky, which is ordinary.
  • the calibration - designated generally by the reference 304 in FIG. 3 - consists of an inversion (for example matrix, in the case of polynomial functions for the system and / or transmission functions) which tends to minimize the difference between a reference model of the optical system, made for example via a conventional ray tracing, and the model according to the invention which must be adapted to the particular case treated.
  • an inversion for example matrix, in the case of polynomial functions for the system and / or transmission functions
  • All these rays are then "propagated" by the ray tracing software (such as Zemax or Code V) previously initialized by the optical system studied, itself successively configured by the C configurations mentioned above. Collecting sufficiently accurate real observations is an alternative to the ray tracing calibration described here.
  • the ray tracing software such as Zemax or Code V
  • equation 3 represents become a reference for the qualification stage.
  • the output specifications 103 produced by the simulation according to the invention and those of reference 404 can then be compared using a metric such as a distance measuring dissimilarity statistics 407 between two vectors. This approach thus gives rise to a posterior statistical validation of the approximations included in the present invention.
  • the qualification can easily be performed for different couples (dr), to find the best compromise speed / complexity / accuracy.
  • the saving of computing time afforded by the invention thanks to the overall processing of the optical system, compared to the conventional ray-ray casting approach, for example, makes it possible to improve the precision of the simulations by reducing the noise of Poisson which is associated with them, or simply to reduce the unit cost of simulation. It also allows you to explore a larger configuration space than was previously possible.
  • the inventors have applied the method of the invention to remedy a defect of the SODISM telescope ("SOIar Diameter Imager and Surface Apper") aboard the CNES PICARD space mission. This telescope was affected by a variable parasitic reflection due to unknown optical misalignment.
  • This application is given by way of illustration only, because the invention has many others, such as the optical design (including optimization, tolerancing, etc.) of imaging systems or not: lighting and backlighting, radiometers, lenses, microscopes, viewfinders, glasses and telescopes ... This could be for example to seek to minimize the aberrations inherent in non-paraxial optical systems, or to maintain a certain image quality in the presence of moving elements and for various positions thereof.
  • Said applications also include the modeling of optical, technological or natural systems, carried out for the purpose, for example, of digitally reproducing the real system to better understand the object observed and / or the optical system itself, by reconstructing their unknown parameters. using an inversion method.
  • the invention also makes it possible to simulate, analyze and design a non-continuous system, such as a system comprising mirror mosaics.
  • the invention can also be applied to the field of computer image synthesis.
  • the method of the invention is typically implemented by means of a conventional computer, a server or a distributed computing system, programmed in a timely manner.
  • the program allowing this implementation can be written in any language of high or low level, and be stored on a non-volatile memory, for example a hard disk.

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