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Optics for Engineers
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Optics for Engineers

by Charles A. DiMarzio
August 2011
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
564 pages
20h 45m
English
CRC Press
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MATRIX OPTICS 69
3.2.2 Imaging
Because the matrix from H to H
is a thin-lens matrix, we know that the equations we developed
for the thin lens will be valid for any arbitrary lens system provided that we measure distances
from the principal planes. Therefore let us consider two more translations: one from the object,
S, to the front principal plane, H, and one from the back principal plane, H
, to the object, S
.
Then, looking back at Figure 3.6, the imaging matrix is
M
SS
= M
H
S
M
HH
M
SH
= T
s
M
HH
T
s
. (3.44)
We want to nd an equation relating s and s
such that this matrix describes an imaging system,
but what are the constraints on an imaging matrix?
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ISBN: 9781439807255