Abstract:
A need for an optical transformation of coordinates arises in a number of problems of optical data processing, adaptive optics and reflecting antenna theory. For a plane element with (or without) a lens, this problem has been tackled in the paraxial approximation. This work demonstrates that, when the optical medium consists of two mirrors, under certain conditions the transformation problem has a solution outside the paraxial region. Explicit mirror equations are derived for the mirrors that realize any given transformation of coordinates. Application to reflecting antenna theory is also discussed.

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