Open AccessPerfect imaging in a homogeneous threedimensional region
Author(s) -
Juan C. Miñano
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.14.009627
Subject(s) - optics , refractive index , homogeneous , physics , geometrical optics , point (geometry) , plane (geometry) , constant (computer programming) , point spread function , image plane , image (mathematics) , geometry , mathematics , computer science , artificial intelligence , thermodynamics , programming language
We introduce a family of spherically symmetric gradient-index lenses forming a perfect (sharp) image of any point of the space in three dimensions, including the points of a homogeneous (constant refractive index) region. The only previously known example of an optical instrument with such properties is the plane mirror (or combinations thereof).