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Adaptive Optics for Biological Imaging
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Adaptive Optics for Biological Imaging

by Joel A Kubby
April 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
388 pages
16h 6m
English
CRC Press
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2.1  Introduction
In this chapter, we consider geometric optics, which is an approximation to wave optics that can be used
when considering an optical system composed of elements that are much larger than the wavelength of
light going through the system. en, we can ignore the wave nature of light, aside from its color, and
assume that it will travel in a straight line, which is oen called a ray. Although geometric optics is only
an approximation to wave optics, it is technologically useful for the design and modeling of the adaptive
optical systems that will be considered here. It greatly simplies the calculations to a point that allows ...
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