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- From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
- Subject: Re: What is a Fresnel lens? -- was Re: That Magic TV screen
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- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 20:42:35 GMT
- References: <1992Aug23.175543.18596@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> <76160028@hpldsla.sid.hp.com> <1992Aug25.172720.7172@athena.cs.uga.edu>
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- In article <1992Aug25.172720.7172@athena.cs.uga.edu> mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) writes:
- >Two different devices are called a Fresnel lens:
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- >(1) A device that works by diffraction, and is seen mainly in optics
- >textbooks. This device is very wavelength-specific.
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- Calling this a Fresnel lens is simply incorrect. It's a Fresnel zone plate.
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