Essentials of Ray Tracing
The Geometrical Optics interface can be used to simulate cameras, telescopes, laser and illumination systems, spectrometers, solar collectors, and much more. However, certain essential elements of the ray optics approach are common to all of these application areas. These universal concepts in ray optics simulation are outlined below.
In this section:
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The Ray Tracing Algorithm
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Basic Requirements of a Geometrical Optics Model