Gaussian Formula for Ray Tracing in Lenses and Mirrors


Balta N.
1 January 2022American Institute of Physics Inc.

Physics Teacher
2022#60Issue 156 - 57 pp.

In introductory texts, some special rays are selected to draw the image produced by lenses and mirrors.1 After teaching special rays, students usually ask how to draw an arbitrary ray. One method for drawing an arbitrary ray is the tilted principal axis.2 As an example, the tracing of an arbitrary ray in diverging lens is indicated in Fig. 1.



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