Equi-Angular Profile

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A stepped profile such that a light ray emitted from the focus and passing through a portion of the profile exhibits equal angles of incidence and emergence. This produces minimum dispersion.




Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)