Scilab Routines for Calculating Optical Ray Parameters of Thick Multi-Lens Systems

Fulvio Andres Callegari^1,

¹Centro de Engenharia, Modelagem, e Ciências Sociais Aplicadas, Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brasil. Avenida dos Estados, 5001 - Bairro Santa Terezinha Santo André - CEP: 09210-580

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Fulvio Andres Callegari. Scilab Routines for Calculating Optical Ray Parameters of Thick Multi-Lens Systems. International Journal of Physics. 2023; 11(3):153-157. doi: 10.12691/ijp-11-3-4

Abstract

It is presented a code using a free software in order to calculate optical parameters for an arbitrary system consisting in N thick lenses submerged in optical media with arbitrary refraction index. This code calculates focus, front and back focal distances, principal planes and image distances for such multi-lens systems. The software was verified by solving numeric examples extracted from well-established optics literature.

Keywords:
Matrix Optics Open-Source Algorism Multi-lenses System Thick Lenses Back Focal length Front Focal Length Principal Planes Focus

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