Geometric limits to geometric optical imaging with infinite, planar, non-absorbing sheets

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2009-01-23

arxiv.org/abs/0901.3669v2

Opt. Commun. 282, 2480-2483 (2009)

Physics

Optics

10 pages, 1 figure

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.optcom.2009.03.036

New ray-optical elements allow generalized refraction of light rays, but geometry imposes limitations on possible mappings between the positions of an object and its geometric image. Here I study the case of an infinite, planar, non-absorbing sheet that images the entire three-dimensional space. The most general case of such a sheet is equivalent to a thin lens with different object- and image-sided focal lengths. Special cases include ordinary thin lenses, confocal lenslet arrays, and negative refraction with n_2 = -n_1.

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