import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np focal_length = 100 # focal length in mm angle_deg = 0 # angle of incidence of the incident beam in degrees rays = 21 # number of rays p = 2 * focal_length # parameter of the parabola equation y**2 = 2*p*z a = 1.1 * focal_length # mirror field inc_ang = -angle_deg * np.pi / 180 if angle_deg > 0.000001 else 0.000001 * np.pi / 180 # incident ray angle in radians var = np.arange(-a, a, 0.1) # mirror equation def surface(y): return -y ** 2 / (2 * p) # reflection angle def refl_ang(y, inc_ang): return 2 * np.arctan(y / p) - inc_ang # incident ray vector (y_start, y_end) # x_vec is vector (x_start, x_end) def inc_vec(y, inc_ang, x_vec): return np.tan(-inc_ang) * (x_vec - surface(y)) + y # reflected ray vector (y_start, y_end) # x_vec is vector (x_start, x_end) def refl_vec(y, inc_ang, x_vec): r = refl_ang(y, inc_ang) return np.tan(r) * (x_vec - surface(y) + y / np.tan(r)) plt.figure(figsize=(13, 8)) plt.plot(surface(var), var) # mirror surface visualization plt.plot([-p, 0], [0, 0]) # axis of the mirror plt.plot([-focal_length], [0], 'o') # focal point for y in np.linspace(-focal_length, focal_length, rays): x_vec = np.array([-p, surface(y)]) plt.plot(x_vec, inc_vec(y, inc_ang, x_vec), 'k', lw=1) r = refl_ang(y, inc_ang) if (r < np.pi / 2 and r > -np.pi / 2): plt.plot(x_vec, refl_vec(y, inc_ang, x_vec), 'r', lw=1) else: x_vec_out = np.array([surface(y), 0]) plt.plot(x_vec_out, refl_vec(y, inc_ang, x_vec_out), 'r', lw=1) plt.title("Focal length = {:.1f} mm. Incident angle = {:.1f} deg. Number of rays = {}".format(focal_length, angle_deg, rays)) plt.xlabel("z, mm") plt.ylabel("r, mm") plt.ylim(-a, a) plt.xlim(-p, 0) plt.grid() plt.show()