Reflectivity of a Gaussian beam near the critical angle with external optically absorbing media

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 28, 2000, Pages 5131-5137

  Peña Gomar, Mary Carmen ^a   García Valenzuela, Augusto ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TRANSPARENCY;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

LIGHT REFLECTION;

EID: 0037492146     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.005131     Document Type: Article

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