• Ray transfer matrix analysis (also known as ABCD matrix analysis) is a mathematical form for performing ray tracing calculations in sufficiently simple...
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    approximation is used in Gaussian optics and first-order ray tracing. Ray transfer matrix analysis is one method that uses the approximation. In some cases...
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  • out in optical design software. A simple version of ray tracing known as ray transfer matrix analysis is often used in the design of optical resonators...
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  • a data exchange and access model in biology ABCD matrix analysis, or ray transfer matrix analysis ABCD-parameters, in a two-port network ABCd, an American...
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    length Paraxial approximation Pencil beam Ray transfer matrix analysis Moore, Ken (25 July 2005). "What is a ray?". ZEMAX Users' Knowledge Base. Retrieved...
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    simplifies ray tracing calculations. It is often combined with the paraxial approximation in techniques such as ray transfer matrix analysis. The focal...
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    two-component vector with a two-by-two matrix called ray transfer matrix analysis: the vector's components are the light ray's slope and its distance from the...
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    approximation, trajectory calculations can be carried out using ray transfer matrix analysis. Electrons are charged particles (point charges with rest mass)...
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  • Multiple-prism grating laser oscillators N-Slit interferometer Ray transfer matrix analysis Duarte, F. J. (1990). "Narrow-linewidth pulsed dye Laser oscillators"...
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    the cavity mirrors and being lost. By using methods such as ray transfer matrix analysis, it is possible to calculate a stability criterion: 0 ⩽ ( 1 −...
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