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Reflective optics are tremendously useful optical components due to their negligible chromatic aberrations when guiding light or forming light distributions. Using Additive manufacturing to realize freeform reflectors with additional functionality increases the potential of these components for highly efficient optical systems. In order to maintain the optical function of such reflectors, the relation between process parameters and part function needs to be accessible. This work describes a method to identify such relations, and the resulting efficiency is simulated and validated with additively manufactured samples.
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Leuteritz, G., Held, M., Lachmayer, R. (2021). Selective Laser Melting of Reflective Optics. In: Heinrich, A. (eds) 3D Printing of Optical Components. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 233. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58960-8_2
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