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Thick lenses systems

Optics 2021-08-20 v4

Abstract

The optical matrix formalism is applied to find parameters such as focal distance, back and front focal points, principal planes, and the equation relating object and image distances for a thick spherical lens immerse in air. Then, the formalism is applied to systems compound of two, three and N thick lenses in cascade. It is found that a simple Gaussian equation is enough to relate object and image distances no matter the number of lenses.

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@article{arxiv.2104.00700,
  title  = {Thick lenses systems},
  author = {Fulvio Andres Callegari},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.00700},
  year   = {2021}
}

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20 pages, 14 Figures

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