Ray tracing analysis of a two-dimensional rectangular optical cavity for enhancing detector efficiency

Appl Opt. 2016 Nov 1;55(31):C46-C49. doi: 10.1364/AO.55.000C46.

Abstract

High detector efficiency has broad appeal and includes such diverse fields as quantum optics and solar energy. An optical resonator can improve detector efficiency by employing multiple re-reflections to the detector. This short paper uses geometric ray tracing to examine-for a given entry port size-the probability that a photon will escape from an ideal perfectly reflective two-dimensional cavity.