// return type changed from single Scientrace.Trace instance to List<Scientrace.Trace> newTraces in order to better facilitate the splitting of traces.
public List<Scientrace.Trace> redirect_with_polarisation(Scientrace.Object3d toObject, Scientrace.Intersection intersection) {
List<Scientrace.Trace> newTraces = new List<Trace>();
//what objects are acting here?
Scientrace.Object3d fromObject = this.currentObject;
/* The "normal" vector should always point towards the incoming beam when
* using the Snellius-approach as described by figure 15 in
* "Optical simulation of the SunCycle concentrator using Scientrace"
* by Joep Bos-Coenraad (2013) */
Scientrace.UnitVector normal = intersection.enter.flatshape.plane.getNorm()
.orientedAgainst(this.traceline.direction)
.tryToUnitVector();
DielectricSurfaceInteraction fsi = new DielectricSurfaceInteraction(this, intersection.enter.loc, normal,
fromObject.materialproperties.refractiveindex(this), toObject.materialproperties.refractiveindex(this),
toObject);
newTraces.AddIfNotNull(fsi.getReflectTrace(this.getMinDistinctionLength()));
newTraces.AddIfNotNull(fsi.getRefractTrace(this.getMinDistinctionLength()));
return newTraces;
}
// return type changed from single Scientrace.Trace instance to List<Scientrace.Trace> newTraces in order to better facilitate the splitting of traces.
public List<Scientrace.Trace> redirect_with_polarisation(Scientrace.Object3d toObject, Scientrace.Intersection intersection)
{
List<Scientrace.Trace> newTraces = new List<Trace>();
//what objects are acting here?
Scientrace.Object3d fromObject = this.currentObject;
/* The "normal" vector should always point towards the incoming beam when
* using the Snellius-approach as described by figure 15 in
* "Optical simulation of the SunCycle concentrator using Scientrace"
* by Joep Bos-Coenraad (2013) */
Scientrace.UnitVector normal = intersection.enter.flatshape.plane.getNorm()
.orientedAgainst(this.traceline.direction)
.tryToUnitVector();
DielectricSurfaceInteraction fsi = new DielectricSurfaceInteraction(this, intersection.enter.loc, normal,
fromObject.materialproperties.refractiveindex(this), toObject.materialproperties.refractiveindex(this),
toObject);
newTraces.AddIfNotNull(fsi.getReflectTrace(this.getMinDistinctionLength()));
newTraces.AddIfNotNull(fsi.getRefractTrace(this.getMinDistinctionLength()));
return newTraces;
}
