Thick Lens Formula -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

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Thick Lens Formula

The above figure is Figure 2.5, p. 13, from Schroeder (1987). Applying the equation of paraxial refraction with (air) to each surface gives

(1)

(2)

Using ,

(3)

Adding (1) and (3) gives

(4)

For conjugate points,

(5)

As is derived by Morgan,

(6)

The ends of the lens are at

(7)
(8)




References

Morgan, J. Introduction to Geometrical and Physical Optics. New York: McGraw-Hill, p. 57, 1953.

Schroeder, D. J. Astronomical Optics, 2nd ed. San Diego: Academic Press, 1999.



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