Extension of the ray equations of geometric optics to include diffraction effects

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4386-4395

  Peeters, A G ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FUNCTIONS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; TENSORS;

DIFFRACTION EFFECTS; EIKONAL FUNCTION; MAGNETIZED PLASMAS; RAY EQUATIONS;

PLASMAS;

EID: 0030379097     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.872056     Document Type: Article

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