Title
The art of back-of-the-envelope paraxial raytracing
Abbreviated Journal Title
IEEE Trans. Educ.
Keywords
hand raytracing; paraxial raytracing; ray sketching; Education, Scientific Disciplines; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Abstract
Paraxial raytracing is a valuable tool for making quick "back-of-the-envelope" calculations in optical system design. Its popularity has been highly diminished as a consequence of the growing sophistication of computer-aided raytracing and the availability of powerful computers. The availability of raytracing computer programs does not barm in itself the usefulness of graphical raytracing, but it makes people forget, or never learn the basics of graphical raytracing. In this paper, some of the basic concepts of graphical raytracing are presented, along with some examples that illustrate how it can be applied to multielement systems. The mastering of the methods presented in this paper constitute some of the fundamentals required in the use of any optical software. Such knowledge is absolutely necessary for the conception of novel optical systems.
Journal Title
Ieee Transactions on Education
Volume
44
Issue/Number
4
Publication Date
1-1-2001
Document Type
Article
DOI Link
Language
English
First Page
365
Last Page
372
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0018-9359
Recommended Citation
"The art of back-of-the-envelope paraxial raytracing" (2001). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 8181.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/8181