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Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1994 08:53:17 -0700 (MST)
From: David Gilinsky <dave@gaspra.pd.com>
Subject: Re: Magnifying glass
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On Wed, 27 Jul 1994, Calvin Chu wrote:
> Yes, but with regards to fresnel lenses... I thought that the principle
> behind fresnel lenses is diffraction. Fresnel lenses are flat, and
> divided up into circular regions... and the circular lines, or strips,
> form a diffraction grating. This grating is thick enough such that it
> wavelength becomes slightly insignificant... Anyway, the wavelets of
> light hitting a grating change directions due to the quantum mechanical
> nature of light... the same way light hitting a CD results in a
> rainbow. So it would be interesting if somebody does implement a
> fresnel lens object :-).... Perhaps a procedural transparency or
> something! I'm still trying to figure out how to make a CD without
> diffraction. . .
>
I know that this issue has now been beaten to death, but I'll add that the
source of the above confusion is probably Fresnel diffraction which refers
to the diffraction that takes place when then rays from Huygens sources are
not parallel. This has nothing to do with the famed Fresnel lens.
Dave
Pixel Dust, Inc.
dave@gaspra.pd.com
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