Title New Computation Methods for Geometrical Optics Author(s) Lin, Psang Dain Publication Singapore, Springer Singapore, 2014. Description XII, 239 p. 134 illus., 33 illus. in color : online resource Abstract Note This book employs homogeneous coordinate notation to compute the first- and second-order derivative matrices of various optical quantities. It will be one of the important mathematical tools for automatic optical design. The traditional geometrical optics is based on raytracing only. It is very difficult, if possible, to compute the first- and second-order derivatives of a ray and optical path length with respect to system variables, since they are recursive functions. Consequently, current commercial software packages use a finite difference approximation methodology to estimate these derivatives for use in optical design and analysis. Furthermore, previous publications of geometrical optics use vector notation, which is comparatively awkward for computations for non-axially symmetrical systems ISBN,Price 9789814451796 Keyword(s) 1. CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS 2. EBOOK 3. EBOOK - SPRINGER 4. ELECTRODYNAMICS 5. LASERS 6. MICROWAVES 7. Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering 8. Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation 9. OPTICAL ENGINEERING 10. OPTICS 11. Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices 12. PHOTONICS 13. PHYSICS 14. QUANTUM OPTICS Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I07605     On Shelf