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29 Jul 2024 20:15:40 EDT (-0400)
  Re: optics and photons  
From: David Fontaine
Date: 26 Jan 2001 01:26:25
Message: <3A71188E.58A88206@faricy.net>
Paul Daniel Jones wrote:

> ARGH!!!  I am trying to make a lens which will generate parallel beams
> of light with a spotlight put at it's focal point. I have tried using
> some formulae from my physics book, but just can't get it. Is there
> anybody out there who could help me?

You want a parabolic mirror with a light at its focus, like in a
flashlight. I don't know how to find the focus of a parabola though, Warp
or somebody?

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