Birefringent Polarization Ray Tracing

Stephen C. McClain; Russell A. Chipman

doi:10.1364/ODP.1993.WA.5

Optical Design for Photonics
Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 1993),
paper WA.5
•https://doi.org/10.1364/ODP.1993.WA.5

Birefringent Polarization Ray Tracing

Stephen C. McClain and Russell A. Chipman

Optical Design for Photonics 1993

California United States
22–24 March 1993
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Abstract

The fundamental tool used for design and analysis of optical systems is geometric ray tracing. In isotropic, homogeneous, non-optically active media the procedure is simple -- rays travel in straight lines except at interfaces, where reflection and refraction occur.

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