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RESEARCH ARTICLE

The Distribution of Light from Optical Systems

WH Steel

Australian Journal of Scientific Research 2(3) 335 - 353
Published: 1949

Abstract

A geometrical method is developed for calculating the distribution of intensity with angle of the light leaving an optical system, when the angle at which a ray from a point on the optical axis leaves the system is known as a function of the aperture. The case of a point source on the axis of the system is treated exactly, and an approximation is given for that of a small finite source ; the method is applicable to systems with spherical aberration. The distribution of illumination across any plane normal to the axis is treated by analogous methods. The results are compared with measurements of the light distribution from an optical system possessing considerable spherical aberration.

https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9490335

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