Tracing Wavefronts: Can It Be Done?

Orestes N. Stavroudis

doi:10.1117/12.940198

10 June 1987 Tracing Wavefronts: Can It Be Done?

Orestes N. Stavroudis

Proceedings Volume 0766, Recent Trends in Optical Systems Design and Computer Lens Design Workshop; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.940198
Event: OE LASE'87 and EO Imaging Symposium, 1987, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The starting point of this work is a general solution of the eikonal equation for a homogeneous, isotropic medium which provides a detailed description of the structure of a train of geometrical wavefronts and also of the associated caustic surface. This description depends ultimately on the k-function, an arbitrary function that arises in the general solution. Suppose a known train of wavefronts, with a known k-function, is incident on a refracting surface, tracing a wavefront involves determining the k-function for the refracted wavefront train. To do this a set of boundary conditions needs to be setup and solved.

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Orestes N. Stavroudis "Tracing Wavefronts: Can It Be Done?", Proc. SPIE 0766, Recent Trends in Optical Systems Design and Computer Lens Design Workshop, (10 June 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.940198

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