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Design Optimization Automation for Luminaire Reflectors Using COMSOL Multiphysics and Performance Comparison Against Zemax Opticstudio

Aleksejs KlokovsAleksandrs JegorovsAndris JakovicsIngmars FelcisMihails Birjukovs

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Optimization algorithmComputer sciencebusiness.industryPerformance comparisonMultiphysicsMechanical engineeringRay tracing (graphics)businessAutomationZemax

description

This work showcases the complete design pipeline based on COMSOL Multiphysics for one of the luminaire models manufactured by Vizulo. Generation of optimization targets, ray tracing models and utilized optimization algorithms are described. The authors also evaluate the performance of COMSOL against Zemax OpticStudio Premium, a specialized optics design suite widely used by the optics industry. Out-of-the-box version of both packages are tested: ray tracing and optimization performance are compared. It is found that, while OpticStudio' ray tracer is by far superior, OpticStudio is greatly outperformed by COMSOL in optimization tasks for considered problems. Other aspects of both packages are also analyzed.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2019-09-012019 XXI International Conference Complex Systems: Control and Modeling Problems (CSCMP)
https://doi.org/10.1109/cscmp45713.2019.8976516