Plate of Matter
The plate of matter element is a normal plane-parallel slab of transparent material with an index of refraction n, situated in the air (external n = 1). Reference planes are at edges of the element, outside of it, in the air.
Matrices for tangential and sagittal planes are the same.
Full element
Left half-pass
Right half-pass
See also
Elements Matrices, ../catalog, ../elem_props