ANALYSIS OF INHOMOGENEOUS OPTICAL-SYSTEMS BY THE USE OF RAY-TRACING .1. PLANAR SYSTEMS

Authors
BELIAKOV G CHAN DYC
Citation
G. Beliakov et Dyc. Chan, ANALYSIS OF INHOMOGENEOUS OPTICAL-SYSTEMS BY THE USE OF RAY-TRACING .1. PLANAR SYSTEMS, Applied optics, 36(22), 1997, pp. 5303-5309
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
36
Issue
22
Year of publication
1997
Pages
5303 - 5309
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1997)36:22<5303:AOIOBT>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
We describe a novel approach to refractive-index reconstruction in two -dimensional systems with no special symmetry, based on observation of traces of rays that travel through the optical system. The mathematic al model of ray-tracing analysis is presented in detail, and both the analytical and numerical solutions are given. Methods of data processi ng in the presence of experimental errors are developed and applied to model problems. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America.