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TABLE 2 ABCD Propagation Matrices
Optical element/systern ABCD propagation matrix Reference
Distance L in free space
o
Flat grating COSO’/~~~~ I
o cose/cose~
0 = angle of incidence
8’ = angle of diffraction
Flat mirror or grating in Littrow
configuration (e = e’)
Slab of material with refractive
index n and parallel surfaces
I$ e = angle of incidence
ve = angle of refraction
1 , = optical path length
[; Y]
Etalon
Thin convex (positive) lens
f = focal length
Thin concave (negative) lens
Galilean telescope
Newtonian telescope
Multiple-prism beam expander
L, = distance separating the prisms
I, = optical path length of each individual prism
M,,M2, k,,,, k2,jaredefinedinthetext
Multiple prism beam expander [ 1,441
(return pass)
