Resolving Power of Optical Instruments Using Finite Element Method

Abstract

The provided simulation takes in various tasks in various parameters to calculate the resolving power of the optical instruments and also conveniently simulates their behavior.
To calculate the resolving power of the optical instruments such as prism,telescope or microscope a special technique known as “FINITE ELEMENT METHOD” has been used. Basically in this method the convex lens is divided into several segments and resolving power of each segment is computed separately, details of which is provided in the concerned topic.
Finally a software model has been developed for prism, single convex lens and combination of lenses to study and show the required behavior. This software model is developed using Visual C++.