Abstract

All terms required to calculate the illuminance and caustic points along a ray path are evaluated for a radial-dependent variable-index singlet. The procedure is applicable to aspheric surfaces and multiple lenses and is valid for all rays, meridional and skew.

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Illuminance and caustic surfaces in multi-interface variable-index media. 3: Source imbedded in variable-index medium, light reflected or refracted by multiple surfaces

Donald G. Burkhard
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Illuminance and caustic surfaces in multi-interface variable-index media. 1: Theory

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Simplified formula for the illuminance in an optical system

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Formula for the density of tangent rays over a caustic surface

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