2023-02-01 11:18 AM
Customer asks me how I evaluate where the photons go.
2023-02-01 11:22 AM
It's easy. There is a web-site.
Ray tracing simulator: https://ricktu288.github.io/ray-optics/simulator/
I have no idea who runs the site, nor do I know how accurate it is.
But the guy who wrote it did a bang-up job. It helps a lot.
But it really can answer what happens to the light as it travels through the coverglass or hits an object.
Rules are simple and with a little practice you can figure it out.
In this picure you can see an 18 degree point source hitting a nearly flat lens at an angle and then reflecting.
Try it - you wiil be impressed.
2023-02-02 01:18 AM
amazing...
2023-02-02 04:14 AM
Indeed an impressive open-source tool (licensed under the Apache License 2.0), but changed to a new location.
The authors and contributors are named on the About website, source code is available on GitHub.