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EO Tech Tools Equations

Equations and corresponding legends for each of our EO Tech Tools.

Focal Length

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
ΦOS Power of Surface 1
ΦIS Power of Surface 2
Φ Lens Power
nOS Object Space Index
nL Lens Index
nIS Image Space Index
R1 Radius of Surface 1
R2 Radius of Surface 2
CT Center Thickness
P Primary Principle Point
P' Secondary Principle Point
EFL Effective Focal Length
BFL Back Focal Length
FFL Front Focal Length
NPS Nodal Point Shift
fF Front Focal Point
fR Rear Focal Point

Gaussian Beam

(12)
(13)
(14)
(15)
(16)
(17)
λ Wavelength
zR Rayleigh Range
z Axial Distance
ω(z) Half Beam Diameter
ω0 Beam Waist
b Confocal Parameter
ωR Rayleigh Half Diameter
R(z) Radius of Curvature
θ Half Angle Divergence

Koehler Illumination

(18)
(19)
(20)
(21)
(22)
(23)
(24)
d1 Source to Lens 1 Distance
d2 Lens 1 to Lens 2 Distance
d3 Lens 2 to Spot Diameter Distance
DL1 Diameter of Lens 1
DL2 Diameter of Lens 2
FL1 Focal Length of Lens 1
FL2 Focal Length of Lens 2
Dsource Source Diameter
Dspot Spot Diameter
NAinput Input Numerical Aperture
NAoutput Output Numerical Aperture

Laser Spot Size

(25)
DI Input Beam Diameter
DO Output Beam Diameter
θI Beam Divergence
L Working Distance

1951 USAF

(26)

SAG

(27)
R Radius of Curvature
D Diameter

Simply Magnifier

(28)
(29)
MP Magnifying Power
FL Focal Length

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