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Ray tracing formulas for monoaxial optical components
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1983
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PhotonicsOptical MaterialsWollaston PrismEngineeringPhysicsWave OpticOptical PropertiesFinite RayDiffractive OpticApplied PhysicsOptic DesignGeometrical OpticFreeform OpticComputational ElectromagneticsOptical System AnalysisMonoaxial CrystalsGeometrical OpticsMonoaxial Optical Components
A formalism which allows finite ray tracing through monoaxial crystals was developed starting from Maxwell's equations. The derived formulas were applied to a Wollaston prism in convergent light and spot diagrams were obtained.