Micro to macro scale simulation coupling for stray light analysis
- 28 October 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Express
- Vol. 29 (23), 37639-37652
- https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.436244
Abstract
Stray light in an optical system is unwanted parasitic light that may degrade performance. It can originate from different sources and may lead to different problems in the optical system such as fogging, ghost images for imagers, or inaccurate measurements for time of flight applications. One of the root causes is the reflectivity of the sensor itself. In this paper we present a new optical simulation methodology to analyze the stray light contribution due to the sensor reflectivity by coupling electromagnetic simulation (to calculate the pixels' bidirectional reflectance distribution function, also named BRDF) and ray-tracing simulation (for stray light analysis of the camera module). With this simulation flow we have been able to reproduce qualitatively red ghost images observed on different sensors in our laboratory. (C) 2021 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing AgreementThis publication has 36 references indexed in Scilit:
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