Geometry-invariant gradient refractive index lens: Analytical ray tracing

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Bahrami, Mehdi ^a   Goncharov, Alexander V ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Crystalline lens; Exact ray tracing; Gradient index lens; Lens paradox

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LENS; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LENSES; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 84863976939     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.17.5.055001     Document Type: Article

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