Exact formulas for a thin-lens system with an arbitrary number of lenses
- We present an angular thin-lens formula giving the angle of refraction β for arbitrary values of the angle of incidence α. With this formula, we find analytical results for the focal length f of a thin-lens system. The number of lenses n and their focal lengths f1,f2,…,fn are abitrary, as are the mutual distances D12,…,D(n−1)n between the lenses. All these results are exact, i.e. not restricted to small or even paraxial angles. In the literature, the 2-lens and 3-lens versions (the last one without proof or derivation) are known [1]. We present the general result for n lenses and for (the positions of) its principal planes.
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| Author: | George J. C. L. Bruls |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-759237 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2015.01.035 |
| ISSN: | 0030-4026 |
| Parent Title (English): | Optik |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Place of publication: | Amsterdam |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2015/04/03 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2015/04/03 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2023/11/08 |
| Tag: | Geometrical optics; Thin lens |
| Volume: | 126 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| Page Number: | 4 |
| First Page: | 659 |
| Last Page: | 662 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 51513127X |
| Institutes: | Physik |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 53 Physik / 530 Physik |
| Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - CC BY-NC-ND - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell - Keine Bearbeitungen 4.0 International |
