Abstract:
The present invention relates to an optomechanical system (10) for capturing and transmitting incident light (40) with a variable direction of incidence to at least one collecting element (31, 31 ', 31 ", 31 "', 31 A, 31 B), with - an optical arrangement (20) able to capture a beam of the incident light (40), concentrate the captured beam of the incident light, and transmit one or more concentrated beams (50) of the incident light to the at least one collecting element (31, 31 ', 31 ", 31 "', 31 A, 31 B), and - a shifting mechanism for moving the optical arrangement (20) with respect to the at least one collecting element (31, 31 ', 31 ", 31 "', 31 A, 31 B), wherein the moving of the shifting mechanism is controllable in such a way that, for any direction of incidence of the incident light (40), the one or more concentrated beams (50) of the incident light can be optimally collected by the at least one collecting element (31, 31 ', 31 ", 31 "', 31 A, 31 B). In this optomechanical system (10), the optical arrangement (20) comprises a first optical layer made of optical lenses having an aspheric curvature, and at least one surface of the lenses has a polynomial curvature with multiple orders. Furthermore, the present invention also relates to a corresponding method for capturing and transmitting incident light with a variable direction of incidence to at least one collecting element.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an optomechanical system (1) for converting light energy, comprising ▪ an optical arrangement (40) comprising one or more optical layers (41, 42), wherein at least one of the optical layers (41,42) comprises a plurality of primary optical elements (47) to concentrate incident light (80) into transmit ted light (90), wherein the primary optical elements (47) are arranged in a two- dimensional rectangular or hexagonal array; ▪ a support layer (50); ▪ a shifting mechanism (60) for moving at least one of the optical layers (41, 42) of the optical arrangement (40) relative to the support layer (50) or vice versa; and ▪ a frame element (10) to which either the optical arrangement (40) or the support layer (50) is attached, wherein the support layer (50) comprises a plurality of primary light energy conversion elements (51) arranged in a two-dimensional array corresponding to the arrangement of the primary optical elements (47) and a plurality of secondary light energy conversion elements (52), wherein the primary light energy conversion elements (51) and the secondary light energy conversion elements (52) are capable of converting the energy of transmitted light (90) into an output energy and wherein the primary light energy conversion elements (51) and the secondary light energy conversion elements (52), differ by type, and/or surface area, and/or light conversion efficiency, and/or light conversion spectrum and wherein the shifting mechanism (60) is arranged to move at least one of the layers of the optical arrangement (40) or the support layer (50) translationally relative to the frame element (10), through one or more translation element (65, 65') in such a way that the total output power of the primary light energy conversion elements (51) and of the secondary light energy conversion elements (52) is adjustable. The invention concerns also a method for converting light energy with an optomechanical system according to the present invention.
Abstract:
Planar optical module (100, 100') for capturing, converging and collimating incident light (3, 3') with a variable incident direction comprising: - a first optical arrangement (10) with an optical layer able to converge the incident light-beam (3, 3'), forming thereby a converging light-beam (4, 4') and - a second optical arrangement (20) placed downstream said first optical arrangement (10), said second optical arrangement (20) having an optical layer collimating said converging light-beam(s) (4, 4'), forming thereby a collimated and concentrated beam (5, 5'), wherein the first and second optical arrangements (10, 20) are movable one relative to the other such that the relative position of first and second optical arrangements (10, 20) allows said collimated and concentrated beam (5, 5') to have an orientation which is, in a plane perpendicular to the main plane (P) of the planar optical module (100, 100'), predetermined, fixed and independent from the direction of the incident light (3, 3'). Preferentially, the first optical arrangement (10) comprises two optical layers (11, 12) movable one relative to the other, the second optical arrangement (20) comprises either an optical layer formed by one or a plurality of reflective elements (26, 27) having a concave surface or comprises only one optical layer with variable refractive- index elements (23) or with fluorescent dyes (25).