Parabolic Mirrors, Elliptic and Hyperbolic Lenses (Q5285737)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 222786
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 222786 |
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Parabolic Mirrors, Elliptic and Hyperbolic Lenses (English)
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29 June 1993
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elliptic and hyperbolic lens
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conic section
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hyperbola
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ellipse
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focus
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0.7182801961898804
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0.7152649760246277
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0.7112777829170227
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The author designs a lens \(L\) which focuses a beam of parallel light (travelling in the positive \(y\) direction) of a given single wavelength. \(L\) is a solid of revolution around the \(y\)-axis in Euclidean space \(E^ 3\). Its incident side is flat, being perpendicular to the \(y\)-axis. It is shown that there are two possibilities: the curved side of \(L\) is a (rotated) piece of a conic section \(c\) belonging to either a hyperbola or an ellipse. In both cases the index of refraction of \(L\) is equal to the eccentricity of \(c\), and the focus of \(L\) coincides with a focus of \(c\). The lens \(L\) is not reversible.
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