Publication details
Absolute instruments and perfect imaging in geometrical optics
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| Year of publication | 2011 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | New Journal of Physics |
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| Citation | |
| Web | http://iopscience.iop.org/1367-2630/13/11/115004?hdrSearch=find-con |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/13/11/115004 |
| Field | Optics, masers and lasers |
| Keywords | absolute instrument;geometrical optics;perfect imaging;stigmatic image |
| Description | We investigate imaging by spherically symmetric absolute instruments that provide perfect imaging in the sense of geometrical optics. We derive a number of properties of such devices, present a general method for designing them and use this method to propose several new absolute instruments, in particular a lens providing a stigmatic image of an optically homogeneous region and having a moderate refractive index range. |
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