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Anonymous No. 16240192

Maybe a silly question but is it possible to un-refract the light? If you put it through a different shape, could you get it back to its original state?

Anonymous No. 16240200

>>16240192
Lol fucking moron no way, you can't put the toothpaste back in the jar

Anonymous No. 16240206

>>16240200
putting toothpaste back into a jar would be pretty easy tho

Anonymous No. 16240215

>>16240192
Should be possible.
Prayer and electroshock therapy seem to be the most promising methods.

Anonymous No. 16240227

>>16240192
ignoring attenuation due to absorption and scattering, yeah, a prism is a reciprocal device

Anonymous No. 16240233

>>16240192
Yes it is possible. Defraction through a lens leads to chromatic aberration, you can then use more lens to remove it. It's more happens in multi-lens high end cameras.

Anonymous No. 16240289

>>16240192
Like in your picture? That's a meme, it makes a photonic explosion DO NOT try it

Anonymous No. 16240672

>>16240192
Original state no, but collimating and focusing lens does more or less what the pic shows

Anonymous No. 16240692

>>16240192
under ideal theoretical circumstances, yes, as explained by several anons here.

Anonymous No. 16240753

>>16240215
Based

Anonymous No. 16240987

>>16240192
Original state? No.
Close to original state? Sure.

Anonymous No. 16242005

A bit unrelated, but is there a nice book on geometrical optics?