Recursive exact ray-trace equations through tilted off-axis confocal prolate spheroids

Marija Strojnik

doi:10.1117/12.218209

8 September 1995 Recursive exact ray-trace equations through tilted off-axis confocal prolate spheroids

Marija Strojnik

Proceedings Volume 2552, Infrared Technology XXI; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.218209
Event: SPIE's 1995 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1995, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Simple, exact ray trace equations are derived for a general ray propagating through tilted, coupled, confocal spheroids. In this off-axis optical system, there does not necessarily exist a (real) ray for which the paraxial approximation applies.

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Marija Strojnik "Recursive exact ray-trace equations through tilted off-axis confocal prolate spheroids", Proc. SPIE 2552, Infrared Technology XXI, (8 September 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.218209

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