Modeling of Foucault Knife-Edge Test

September 21,2024

The Foucault knife-edge test is a well-known historical experiment to determine the characteristics of a given concave-shaped mirror. In this use case we model this test for a spherical and a parabolic mirror.

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Modeling of Foucault Knife-Edge Test

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