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We consider the inverse refractor and the inverse reflector problem. The task is to design a free-form lens or a free-form mirror that, when illuminated by a point light source, produces a given illumination pattern on a target. Both…
In this paper, we show that the near field reflector problem is a nonlinear optimization problem. From the corresponding functional and constraint function, we derive the Monge-Amp\`ere type equation for such a problem.
The inverse reflector problem aims to design a freeform reflecting surface that can direct the light from a specified source to produce the desired illumination in the target area, which is significant in the field of geometrical…
The problem of optimal mass transport arises in numerous applications including image registration, mesh generation, reflector design, and astrophysics. One approach to solving this problem is via the Monge-Amp\`ere equation. While recent…
This paper introduces a novel neural network-based approach to solving the Monge-Amp\`ere equation with the transport boundary condition, specifically targeted towards optical design applications. We leverage multilayer perceptron networks…
We consider a PDE approach to numerically solving the reflector antenna problem by solving an Optimal Transport problem on the unit sphere with cost function $c(x,y) = -2\log \left\Vert x - y \right\Vert$. At each point on the sphere, we…
In this article we examine the regularity of two types of weak solutions to a Monge-Amp\`ere type equation which emerges in a problem of finding surfaces that refract coaxial light rays emitted from source domain and striking a given target…
In this paper we propose a method to compute a freeform reflector system for collimating and shaping a beam from a point source. We construct these reflectors such that the radiant intensity of the source is converted into a desired target.…
A metasurface is a surface, tipically a plane, on which a function called phase discontinuity is chosen so that the metasurface produces a desired reflection or refraction job. We derive the equations that the phase discontinuity function…
This paper introduces a fast and robust iterative scheme for the elliptic Monge-Amp\`ere equation with Dirichlet boundary conditions. The Monge-Amp\`ere equation is a nonlinear and degenerate equation, with applications in optimal…
A Monge-Amp\`ere (MA) equation arises when seeking an optimally transported mesh that equidistributes a given monitor function in Cartesian space. This MA equation is a fully nonlinear PDE, with a source term that is a function of the…
The Monge-Amp\`{e}re equation arises in the theory of optimal transport. When more complicated cost functions are involved in the optimal transportation problem, which are motivated e.g. from economics, the corresponding equation for the…
The study of reflector surfaces in geometric optics necessitates the analysis of certain nonlinear equations of Monge-Amp\`ere type known as generated Jacobian equations. These equations, whose general existence theory has been recently…
This paper solves the two-dimensional Dirichlet problem for the Monge-Amp\`ere equation by a strong meshless collocation technique that uses a polynomial trial space and collocation in the domain and on the boundary. Convergence rates may…
We analyze the convergence of an iterative method for solving the nonlinear system resulting from a natural discretization of the Monge-Amp\`ere equation with $C^1$ conforming approximations. We make the assumption, supported by numerical…
A least-squares method for solving the hyperbolic Monge-Amp\`ere equation with transport boundary condition is introduced. The method relies on an iterative procedure for the gradient of the solution, the so-called mapping. By formulating…
In this paper we propose a method to design a freeform lens including the effect of Fresnel reflections on the transmitted intensity. This method is elaborated for a lens with one freeform surface shaping a far-field target from a point…
We consider the numerical solution of the optimal transport problem between densities that are supported on sets of unequal dimension. Recent work by McCann and Pass reformulates this problem into a non-local Monge-Amp\`ere type equation.…
The existence and multiplicity and nonexistence of nontrivial radial convex solutions of systems of Monge-Amp\`ere equations are established with superlinearity or sublinearity assumptions for an appropriately chosen parameter. The proof of…
We introduce novel a posteriori error indicators for a nonlinear least-squares solver for smooth solutions of the Monge--Amp\`ere equation on convex polygonal domains in $\mathbb{R}^2$. At each iteration, our iterative scheme decouples the…