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Why Do Rays Trace Behind a Fold Mirror Surface?
- By Andrew Locke
- Published 25 October 2006
- 3D Geometries , Frequently Asked Questions
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Introduction
If you have modeled fold mirrors in ZEMAX before, you may have noticed that ZEMAX has produced layouts where the rays appear to propagate behind the fold mirror:

This article explains what the most common cause of this problem is and how to fix it. As you will see, proper understanding of the coordinate system transformations involved in modeling fold mirrors is essential to avoiding problems like this one.