Lorentz-transformation and Galileo-transformation windows

Stephen Oxburgh; Norman Gray; Martin Hendry; Johannes Courtial

doi:10.1117/12.2061415

12 September 2014 Lorentz-transformation and Galileo-transformation windows

Stephen Oxburgh, Norman Gray, Martin Hendry, Johannes Courtial

Proceedings Volume 9193, Novel Optical Systems Design and Optimization XVII; 91931K (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2061415
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2014, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We define Lorentz-transformation windows as windows that change the direction of transmitted light rays like a Lorentz transformation. Similarly, Galileo-transformation windows change the direction of transmitted light rays like a Galileo transformation. This light-ray-direction change distorts the scene seen through such a window in the same way in which the scene would be distorted in a photo taken with a camera moving through the scene. Lorentz-transformation windows can also undo the distortion of the scene when moving at relativistic velocity relative to it. For small angles between the direction of the light rays and the direction of the velocity, Galileo-transformation windows can be realised with relatively simple telescope windows, which consist of arrays of identical micro-telescopes.

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Stephen Oxburgh, Norman Gray, Martin Hendry, and Johannes Courtial "Lorentz-transformation and Galileo-transformation windows", Proc. SPIE 9193, Novel Optical Systems Design and Optimization XVII, 91931K (12 September 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2061415

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