Fundamentals of scattering for industrial applications
The Delft and Twente teams establish the regime of scattering including anisotropy, absorption and conversion that is relevant to industrial devices, and develop in-situ characterization instrumentation prototypes. Moreover, results of this fundamental project will improve white LEDs, space-born detectors, and authentication and security devices.
Fundamentals of free-form optics for industrial applications
The Delft and Eindhoven teams improve know-how on free-shape optics with mathematical-physical methods to feed advanced applications. The elliptic Monge-Ampère equation approach applied to a wider variety of optical systems. Furthermore, we develop methods to find the solution to the hyperbolic Monge-Ampère equation such that we can design compact non-convex free-form surfaces. Ultimately, we aim to make free-form optical designs that are more compact and consist of several optical surfaces.
Homogenization and diffusion
The Eindhoven and Twente teams focus on homogenization and diffusion that are central aspects of illumination technology. This project yields improved sensing for wafer metrology, improved calibration of earth-observing satellites, tunable illumination at home, in offices, and for industrial metrology.
Control the direction of light by interference
The Delft and Twente teams control the direction of light, by employing interference of the light waves. We shape incident waves to buried tar-gets, and exploit speckle interference properties to industrial challenges. This project yields improved light transport inside white LEDs, light on target for precise wafer metrology, improved on-board satellite calibration, smooth industrial illumination, and novel authentication and security applications.