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Wedge Design

Optics 2025-12-09 v1

Abstract

The space in front of a projector or camera can be folded into a light-guide by total-internal reflection if the guide is tapered like a wedge. This article explains how to calculate both flat and curved wedges by scaling a thin version designed using the principle that the product of thickness and the sin of ray angle is constant in a smoothly varying guide.

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@article{arxiv.2512.07444,
  title  = {Wedge Design},
  author = {Adrian Travis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.07444},
  year   = {2025}
}
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