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    • Optics
    • Optical Engineering

    Background:

    • Fresnel-type mirrors offer unique optical properties.
    • Aspherical curves provide design flexibility in mirror systems.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the formation of caustic surfaces generated by concave Fresnel-type mirrors.
    • To analyze the impact of light source position and design parameters on caustic properties.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilizing rotational symmetry about the optical axis for the parent curve.
    • Considering point light sources at various axial distances (real and virtual cases).
    • Analyzing variations in design parameters to control caustic surface characteristics.

    Main Results:

    • Caustic surfaces can be real or virtual depending on the light source position.
    • Design parameter adjustments enable control over caustic size and shape.
    • The cuspid of caustics aligns with paraxial images, yielding a mirror-image equation.

    Conclusions:

    • Concave Fresnel-type mirrors can generate tunable caustic surfaces.
    • These mirrors have significant potential in imaging and non-imaging optical systems.
    • A novel mirror-image equation for Fresnel-type mirrors is derived.