Complex ray-tracing algorithms with application to optical problems

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

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 650-656

  Egorchenkov, Roman A ^a,c   Kravtsov, Yury A ^b,d  

^a MOSCOW STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b Russian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Russian Federation)

^c Orsk Humanitarian Technol Institute   (Russian Federation)

^d Polish Academy of Sciences   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

WAVEFIELD ASYMPTOTICS;

RAY TRACING;

EID: 0037586462     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.18.000650     Document Type: Article

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