Using rays better. Ii. ray families to match prescribed wave fields

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

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1146-1159

  Alonso, M A ^a   Forbes, G W ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WAVE EQUATIONS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

WAVE FIELDS;

RAY TRACING;

EID: 0012640322     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.18.001146     Document Type: Article

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