Computation of the internal field of a large spherical particle by use of the geometrical-optics approximation

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 33, 1997, Pages 8724-8728

  Velesco, Nadejda ^a   Kaiser, Thomas ^a   Schweiger, Gustav ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geometrical optics; Mie theory

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALCULATIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LIGHTING; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

MIE THEORY; RAY TRACING METHOD;

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS;

EID: 0031269298     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.008724     Document Type: Article

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