Simulating an Optical Raytracer
Goal
- Code a raytracer in Python with object-oriented programming to simulate raybundles passing through various optical elements.
- Test code by comparing aberrations of the correct and incorrect orientation of a plano-convex lens.
Software
- Used Snell's law and small-angle approximations to propagate rays through created surfaces.
- Object classes included the ray bundles and the optical elements.
- Used rms distance to the central axis to calculate aberrations.
Keywords
Python
Optics
Object-Oriented Programming
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