Issues related to the use of a gaussian-like incident field for low-grazing-angle scattering

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 176-187

  Toporkov, Jakov V ^a   Awadallah, Ra’Id S ^a   Brown, Gary S ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

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EID: 0000470574     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.16.000176     Document Type: Article

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