Plotting the Profiles of Cartesian Surfaces by Ray-tracing

  • Nour Mohammed Hasan Yaseen Department of Physics, College of Science, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad-Iraq
  • Ahmed Kamal Ahmed Department of Physics, College of Science, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad-Iraq
Keywords: Asphericity factor, Cartesian surfaces, skew ray tracing

Abstract

A bundle of light rays, completely parallel to the optical axis, has been used to plot profiles of the Cartesian surfaces with constant paraxial curvature and varying asphericity factor. To accomplish this study, a programming code of skew ray tracing has been constructed to trace rays through all types of Cartesian or quadric surfaces of revolution. The results of this work show a remarkable utility of ray-tracing procedure to plot distinguished Cartesian surfaces profiles.

 

Published
2018-07-02
How to Cite
Yaseen, N. M. H., & Ahmed, A. K. (2018). Plotting the Profiles of Cartesian Surfaces by Ray-tracing. Al-Nahrain Journal of Science, 17(2), 122-127. Retrieved from https://anjs.edu.iq/index.php/anjs/article/view/451
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