Ball lens
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ball-lens-275-18103454
title:
Ball lens
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A ball lens is an optical lens in the shape of a sphere. Formally, it is a bi-convex spherical lens with the same radius of curvature on both sides, and diameter equal to twice the radius of curvature. The same optical laws may be applied to analyze its imaging characteristics as for other lenses. As a lens, a transparent sphere of any material with refractive index (n) greater than air bends parallel rays of light to a focal point. For most glassy materials the focal point is only slightly beyo
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Spherical lens
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lens
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2023-09-09T18:21:15Z
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