Matrixing of paraxial ray propagation
-
-
Abstract
The linear propagation, law of refraction, law of reflection and lens imaging, described by the geometrical optics, are its most basic and classical contents. Some of the classical results in the geometrical optics were resolved through the ideal paraxial optical system by the matrixing, and the transformation matrix of the optical propagation for the five optical phenomena was derived.
-
-