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  2. Dispersive prism - Wikipedia

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    A ray trace through a prism with apex angle α. Regions 0, 1, and 2 have indices of refraction, , and , and primed angles ′ indicate the ray's angle after refraction.. Ray angle deviation and dispersion through a prism can be determined by tracing a sample ray through the element and using Snell's law at each interface.

  3. Solid angle - Wikipedia

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    The solid angle of a four-sided right rectangular pyramid with apex angles a and b (dihedral angles measured to the opposite side faces of the pyramid) is = ⁡ (⁡ ⁡ ()). If both the side lengths ( α and β ) of the base of the pyramid and the distance ( d ) from the center of the base rectangle to the apex of the pyramid (the center of ...

  4. Multiple-prism dispersion theory - Wikipedia

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    The generalized mathematical description of multiple-prism dispersion, as a function of the angle of incidence, prism geometry, prism refractive index, and number of prisms, was introduced as a design tool for multiple-prism grating laser oscillators by Duarte and Piper, [5] [6] and is given by

  5. Compound prism - Wikipedia

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    Due to its symmetry, the linear design equations (under the small angle approximation) for the double-Amici prism differ from those of the doublet prism only by a factor of 2 in front of the first term in each equation: [2] A double-Amici prism, showing the apex angles (and ) of the three elements, and the angles of incidence and refraction ...

  6. Base (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    The third vertex opposite the base is called the apex. The extended base of a triangle (a particular case of an extended side ) is the line that contains the base. When the triangle is obtuse and the base is chosen to be one of the sides adjacent to the obtuse angle , then the altitude dropped perpendicularly from the apex to the base ...

  7. Cylinder - Wikipedia

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    The definitions and results in this section are taken from the 1913 text Plane and Solid Geometry by George A. Wentworth and David Eugene Smith (Wentworth & Smith 1913).. A cylindrical surface is a surface consisting of all the points on all the lines which are parallel to a given line and which pass through a fixed plane curve in a plane not parallel to the given line.

  8. List of optics equations - Wikipedia

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    Visulization of flux through differential area and solid angle. As always ^ is the unit normal to the incident surface A, = ^, and ^ is a unit vector in the direction of incident flux on the area element, θ is the angle between them.

  9. Frustum - Wikipedia

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    The Egyptians knew the correct formula for the volume of such a truncated square pyramid, but no proof of this equation is given in the Moscow papyrus. The volume of a conical or pyramidal frustum is the volume of the solid before slicing its "apex" off, minus the volume of this "apex":