The Ray Optics Gallery

This is a collection of simulations made using the web app, which can be used as interactive demos of optics. You are welcome to contribute new items. See the contribution guide for more information. To report a mistake, please open an issue on GitHub or email ray-optics@phydemo.app.

Categories

Reflection
Refraction
Lens
Combination of Lenses
Gradient-index Optics
Miscellaneous

Reflection

Images from Two Mirrors

Images from Two Mirrors

Yi-Ting Tu

Parabolic Mirror

Parabolic Mirror

Paul Falstad

Hyperbolic mirror

Hyperbolic mirror

Stas Fainer

Retroreflectors

Retroreflectors

Stas Fainer, Yi-Ting Tu

Periscope

Stas Fainer

Newtonian Telescope

Newtonian Telescope

Matteo Ricci Cipolloni

Penrose unilluminable room

Penrose unilluminable room

Vincent Fan, Yi-Ting Tu

Two-mirror optical cavity

Two-mirror optical cavity

Stas Fainer

Plano-concave resonator

Plano-concave resonator

Mikhail Kochiev

Maze solution

Stas Fainer, Yi-Ting Tu

Specular and Diffuse Reflections

Specular and Diffuse Reflections

Steve Stonebraker

Chaff countermeasure

Chaff countermeasure

Stas Fainer, Yi-Ting Tu

Caustics from a Reflective Sphere

Caustics from a Reflective Sphere

Georg Nadorff

The Mirascope

Mario Petitclerc

Refraction

Reflection and Refraction

Reflection and Refraction

Paul Falstad

Internal Reflection

Internal Reflection

Paul Falstad

Prisms

Paul Falstad

Beam Directors

Stas Fainer

Apparent Depth

Yi-Ting Tu

Bent Pencil

Stas Fainer

Broken Pencil

Stas Fainer

Chromatic dispersion

Chromatic dispersion

Yi-Ting Tu

Rainbows

Yi-Ting Tu

Minimum deviation angle

Minimum deviation angle

Stas Fainer

Aplanatic points

Aplanatic points

Stas Fainer

Lens

Concave Lens

Paul Falstad

Convex Lens

Paul Falstad

Lens Images

Paul Falstad

Transverse and longitudinal magnification

Transverse and longitudinal magnification

Stas Fainer

Vanishing point

Vanishing point

Stas Fainer

Monochromatic aberrations

Monochromatic aberrations

Paul Falstad, Stas Fainer

Chromatic aberration

Chromatic aberration

Yi-Ting Tu

Orientations of plano-convex lens

Orientations of plano-convex lens

Matthias Guillon

Hyperbolic lens

Hyperbolic lens

Stas Fainer

Fresnel lens

Stas Fainer, Yi-Ting Tu

Combination of Lenses

Zoom Lens

Paul Falstad

Compound Microscope

Compound Microscope

Yi-Ting Tu

Telescope

Stas Fainer

Keplerian telescope

Keplerian telescope

chuangyu J

Beam expanders

Stas Fainer

Ray relaying

Stas Fainer

Rochester cloak

Rochester cloak

Stas Fainer

Simple Double-Gauss Lens

Simple Double-Gauss Lens

Alex

Pair of Axicons making a Rainbow Ring

Pair of Axicons making a Rainbow Ring

Peter Becher

Köhler Illumination

Köhler Illumination

Leon Seidel

Gradient-index Optics

GRIN slab

Stas Fainer, Yi-Ting Tu

Inferior mirage

Inferior mirage

Stas Fainer

Sea mirage

chuangyu J

Logarithmic spiral ray path

Logarithmic spiral ray path

Stas Fainer

Luneburg lens

Stas Fainer, Yi-Ting Tu

Maxwell fisheye lens

Maxwell fisheye lens

Stas Fainer, Yi-Ting Tu

Branched flow

Yi-Ting Tu

Miscellaneous

Single Ray demo

Single Ray demo

Yi-Ting Tu

Spherical Lens and Mirror

Spherical Lens and Mirror

Yi-Ting Tu

Interrogation room

Interrogation room

Stas Fainer

Camera obscura

Stas Fainer

The principle of camera imaging

The principle of camera imaging

Liu Quanhong

NL Binoculars

Wen Zhou

Einstein Ring refocused to Single Image via Eyepiece

Einstein Ring refocused to Single Image via Eyepiece

Jordan Anderson

"Black cat becomes white" demo

"Black cat becomes white" demo

Victory Science, Yi-Ting Tu

Dichroic RGB Splitter & Combiner

Dichroic RGB Splitter & Combiner

James Garrard

LCD Pixel

James Garrard

Concave Mirror Wearable Display

Concave Mirror Wearable Display

Rene

Reflecting Monochromator

Reflecting Monochromator

James Garrard

Solar Eclipses

Yi-Ting Tu