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Absolute instruments and perfect imaging in geometrical optics

Optics 2014-06-16 v1

Abstract

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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@article{arxiv.1107.2524,
  title  = {Absolute instruments and perfect imaging in geometrical optics},
  author = {Tomas Tyc and Lenka Herzanova and Martin Sarbort and Klaus Bering},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.2524},
  year   = {2014}
}

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20 pages, 9 images

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