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Geometrical ray‐tracing: a ‘ray free’ method
Author(s) -
Ho Arthur
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
ophthalmic and physiological optics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.147
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1475-1313
pISSN - 0275-5408
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-1313.1990.tb00887.x
Subject(s) - ray tracing (physics) , distributed ray tracing , component (thermodynamics) , optics , refraction , computer science , geometrical optics , tracing , x ray , physics , thermodynamics , operating system
A new geometrical method of determining the location of the image of an optical component is described. This method does not require rays to be drawn. It can be applied to refractive and reflective components as well as multi‐component systems.