Fresnel formulas as lorentz transformations

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

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1475-1481

  Monzón, Juan José ^a   Sánchez Soto, Luis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MULTILAYERS;

INTERFACE MATRIX;

LIGHT REFLECTION;

EID: 0000731461     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.001475     Document Type: Article

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