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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300388703321

Autore

Lin Psang Dain

Titolo

New Computation Methods for Geometrical Optics [[electronic resource] /] / by Psang Dain Lin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

981-4451-79-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XII, 239 p. 134 illus., 33 illus. in color.)

Collana

Springer Series in Optical Sciences, , 0342-4111 ; ; 178

Disciplina

535.32

Soggetti

Optics

Electrodynamics

Microwaves

Optical engineering

Physics

Quantum optics

Lasers

Photonics

Classical Electrodynamics

Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering

Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation

Quantum Optics

Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Homogeneous coordinate notation -- Skew-Ray Tracing at Boundary Surfaces -- Modeling an Optical System -- Paraxial Optics for Axis-Symmetrical Systems -- The Jacobian Matrix of a Ray with respect to System Variable Vector -- Point Spread Function and Modulation Transfer Function -- Optical Path Length and Its Jacobian Matrix with respect to System Variable Vector -- The Wavefront Shape, Irradiance, and Caustic Surface in an Optical System.

Sommario/riassunto

This book employs homogeneous coordinate notation to compute the first- and second-order derivative matrices of various optical quantities. It will be one of the important mathematical tools for



automatic optical design. The traditional geometrical optics is based on raytracing only. It is very difficult, if possible, to compute the first- and second-order derivatives of a ray and optical path length with respect to system variables, since they are recursive functions. Consequently, current commercial software packages use a finite difference approximation methodology to estimate these derivatives for use in optical design and analysis. Furthermore, previous publications of geometrical optics use vector notation, which is comparatively awkward for computations for non-axially symmetrical systems.