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¹State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an, China.

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Area of Science:

Optical Engineering
Lighting Technology

Background:

Collimating lenses are crucial for light-emitting-diode (LED) applications in lighting.
Current design methods often involve complex software optimization and iterative processes.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a simplified, software-independent method for designing LED collimating lenses.
To verify the performance of lenses designed using this method for practical LED sources.

Main Methods:

Utilized geometrical optics and nonimaging optics principles for lens surface calculation.
Employed a theoretical point source model, validated with a 1 mm*1 mm LED chip simulation.
Focused on lens surface design without software optimization or iterative processes.

Main Results:

Designed lenses exhibit a compact structure and excellent collimating performance.
Achieved high optical efficiencies exceeding 90% and 99% for two lens types.
Demonstrated effective light distribution, with 80% flux within a 5 m radius at a 200 m distance.

Conclusions:

The proposed design method is effective for creating high-performance LED collimating lenses.
The approach is versatile and applicable to various light source types beyond Lambertian.
The method offers a practical and efficient alternative to complex, software-dependent design processes.