ABCD transfer matrices and paraxial ray tracing for elliptic and hyperbolic lenses and mirrors

European Journal of Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 393-406

  Bruce, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATRIX ALGEBRA; MIRRORS; RAY TRACING; SURFACES; TELESCOPES;

HYPERBOLIC SURFACES; HYPOTHETICAL REFRACTING TELESCOPES; TRANSFER MATRICES;

LENSES;

EID: 33244491886     PISSN: 01430807     EISSN: 13616404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/27/2/021     Document Type: Article

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