The first description of multiple-prism arrays, and multiple-prism dispersion, was given by Isaac Newton in his book Opticks, also introducing prisms as beam expanders.[1][2] Prism pair expanders were introduced by David Brewster in 1813.[3] A modern mathematical description of the single-prism dispersion was given by Max Born and Emil Wolf in 1959.[4] The generalized multiple-prism dispersion theory was introduced by F. J. Duarte and Piper[5][6] in 1982.
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- ^ I. Newton, Opticks (Royal Society, London, 1704).
- ^ Duarte, F. J. (2000-05-01). "Newton, Prisms, and the "Opticals" of Tunable Lasers". Optics and Photonics News. 11 (5): 24. doi:10.1364/OPN.11.5.000024. ISSN 1047-6938.
- ^ D. Brewster, A Treatise on New Philosophical Instruments for Various Purposes in the Arts and Sciences with Experiments on Light and Colours (Murray and Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1813).
- ^ M. Born and E. Wolf, Principles of Optics, 7th Ed. (Cambridge University, Cambridge, 1999).
- ^ F. J. Duarte and J. A. Piper, "Dispersion theory of multiple-prism beam expanders for pulsed dye lasers", Opt. Commun. 43, 303–307 (1982).
- ^ F. J. Duarte and J. A. Piper, "Generalized prism dispersion theory", Am. J. Phys. 51, 1132–1134 (1982).
- ^ F. J. Duarte, T. S. Taylor, A. Costela, I. Garcia-Moreno, and R. Sastre, Long-pulse narrow-linewidth disperse solid-state dye laser oscillator, Appl. Opt. 37, 3987–3989 (1998).
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