Analysis and design tool for optical multipass systems modeled with parametric surfaces

Conde Portilla, Olga María; Cobo García, Adolfo; Madruga Saavedra, Francisco Javier; Quintela Incera, María Ángeles; López Higuera, José Miguel

doi:10.1117/12.513291

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10902/2344

DOI: 10.1117/12.513291

ISSN: 1996-756X

ISSN: 0277-786X

Fecha

2004-02-18

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© 2004 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic electronic or print reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited.

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Proceedings of SPIE, 2004, vol. 5249, 695-702

Optical Design and Engineering, Saint Etienne, 2003

Editorial

SPIE Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.513291

Palabras clave

Optical multipass cells

Parametric surfaces

Ray-tracing methods

Optical resonators

Resumen/Abstract

A novel software tool has been developed to improve and optimize the design of optical multipass cells in long-path absorption spectroscopy. One of the main application fields of these cells is the monitoring of hazardous gases, where they become the transducers of a global fiber optic sensor. New techniques, based on solids modeling, have been applied for the description of the mirrors that constitute the multipass cell. These mirrors have been represented in terms of parametric surfaces known as NURBS (Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline). Under this approach, the design can reach a high degree of flexibility and versatility. The behavior of the multipass cell has been evaluated by means of different specific ray-tracing techniques that have been implemented taking into account the parametric nature of NURBS surfaces.

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