New Computation Methods for Geometrical Optics

• Main Author: Lin, Psang Dain (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences, 178
• Subjects: Physics.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Quantum optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Numerical and Computational Physics.; Quantum Optics.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.

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 diff...