A Geant4 based engineering tool for Fresnel lenses

TL;DR

This paper discusses using Geant4, a Monte Carlo toolkit, as an engineering tool for designing and simulating Fresnel lens optical systems, demonstrating its application in optics system development.

Contribution

It introduces a novel application of Geant4 for engineering design and simulation of Fresnel lenses, expanding its use beyond traditional physics simulations.

Findings

Successful simulation of Fresnel lens systems using Geant4

Demonstrated applicability in cosmic-ray experiments

Enhanced design capabilities for optical systems

Abstract

Geant4 is a Monte Carlo radiation transport toolkit that is becoming a tool of generalized application in areas such as high-energy physics, nuclear physics, astroparticle physics, or medical physics. Geant4 provides an optical physics process category, allowing the simulation of the production and propagation of light. Its capabilities are well tailored for the simulation of optics systems namely in cosmic-rays experiments based in the detection of Cherenkov and fluorescence light. The use of Geant4 as an engineering tool for the optics design and simulation of Fresnel lens systems is discussed through a specific example.