Abstract

This paper discusses a calculation in the approximation of geometrical optics of the irradiance distribution that forms the light beam after reflection from a retroreflector coating in the exit-pupil plane of a transmissive optical system. The transmissive optical system consists of a focusing objective and a Lambertian radiation source. © 2005 Optical Society of America

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