import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np from numpy.lib.function_base import angle focal_length = 100 # focal length in mm angle_d = 25 # maximum angle of incidence of the incident beam in degrees num_rays = 21 # number of rays source_pos = 400 # source position in mm (must be positive) # there is a bug when source_pos = focal_length because of very small # angles of reflectance. # Instead, better to choose source_pos = focal_length + 0.01 or something like # this p = 2 * focal_length # parameter of the parabola equation y**2 = 2*p*z y = np.linspace(-p, p, 1000) # mirror equation z = -y^2 / (2 * p) def surface(y): return -y ** 2 / (2 * p) def phi(y): return np.arctan(y / p) # angle between the incident ray and the line connecting the point of incidence # of the ray on the mirror and the center of curvature of the mirror def epsilon(y, inc_angle): return inc_angle - phi(y) # angle of reflected ray def ref_angle(y, inc_angle): return phi(y) - epsilon(y, inc_angle) # the z-coordinate of the intersection of the reflected ray with the axis def ref_z(y, inc_angle): if inc_angle == 0: return 0 tg_sigma = np.tan(inc_angle) z = -(y - source_pos * tg_sigma) / tg_sigma return y / np.tan(ref_angle(y, inc_angle)) + z # the y-coordinate of the intersection of the incident ray with the mirror def height(inc_angle): if inc_angle == 0: return 0 tg_sigma = np.tan(inc_angle) return -p / tg_sigma * (1 - np.sqrt(1 + 2 * source_pos / p * tg_sigma**2)) # line equation for extension of the reflected ray def line(ref_angle, z, z0): return np.tan(ref_angle) * (z - z0) plt.figure(figsize=(13, 8)) plt.plot(surface(y), y) # mirror surface visualization plt.plot([-2 * p, 0], [0, 0]) # axis of the mirror plt.plot([-focal_length], [0], 'o') # focal point for ang in np.linspace(-angle_d, angle_d, num_rays): inc_angle = ang * np.pi / 180 h = height(inc_angle) z_inc = np.array([-source_pos, surface(h)]) y_inc = np.array([0, h]) plt.plot(z_inc, y_inc, 'k', lw=1) # draw incident beam z_0 = ref_z(h, inc_angle) if np.isnan(z_0): z_0 = -2 * p if source_pos >= focal_length: z_0 = -z_0 if z_0 > 0 else z_0 else: z_0 = z_0 if z_0 > 0 else -z_0 z_ref = np.array([surface(h), -2 * p]) y_ref = np.array([h, line(ref_angle(h, inc_angle), -2 * p, z_0)]) plt.plot(z_ref, y_ref, 'r', lw=1) plt.title("Focal length = {:.1f} mm. Source position = {:.1f} mm.\nMaximum incident angle = {:.1f} deg. Number of rays = {}".format(focal_length, -source_pos, angle_d, num_rays)) plt.xlabel("z, mm") plt.ylabel("y, mm") plt.ylim(-p, p) plt.xlim(-2 * p, 0) plt.grid() plt.show()