Convergent numerical method for the reflector antenna problem via optimal transport on the sphere

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-1-2021

Abstract

We consider a partial differential equation (PDE) approach to numerically solve the reflector antenna problem by solving an optimal transport problem on the unit sphere with cost function c(x, y)= −2 log ||x − y||. At each point on the sphere, we replace the surface PDE with a generalized Monge–Ampère type equation posed on the local tangent plane. We then use a provably convergent finite difference scheme to approximate the solution and construct the reflector. The method is easily adapted to take into account highly nonsmooth data and solutions, which makes it particularly well adapted to real-world optics problems. Computational examples demonstrate the success of this method in computing reflectors for a range of challenging problems including discontinuous intensities and intensities supported on complicated geometries.

Identifier

85118681470 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Journal of the Optical Society of America A Optics and Image Science and Vision

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.439679

e-ISSN

15208532

ISSN

10847529

PubMed ID

34807032

First Page

1704

Last Page

1713

Issue

11

Volume

38

Grant

DMS-1619807

Fund Ref

National Science Foundation

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