The holy grail of ray-based optical modeling

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4832, Issue , 2002, Pages 186-197

  Forbes, G W ^a   Alonso, M A ^b  

^a QED TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Geometrical optics; Optical modeling; Wave asymptotics; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; REFLECTION; REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVEGUIDES;

HOLY GRAIL; RAY BASED OPTICAL MODELING; RAY BASED SYSTEM ANALYSIS; WAVE ASYMPTOTICS;

OPTICAL DESIGN;

EID: 0038688076     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.486473     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

1. G.W. Forbes and M.A. Alonso, "What on earth is a ray and how can we use them best?" in International Optical Design Conference 1998, L.R. Gardner and K.P. Thompson, eds., Proc. SPIE 3482, 22-31 (1998).
2. G.W. Forbes and M.A. Alonso "Using rays better. I. Theory for smoothly varying media", J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 18, 1132-1145 (2001).
3. M.A. Alonso and G.W. Forbes "Using rays better. II. Ray families to match prescribed wave fields", J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 18, 1146-1159 (2001).
4. M.A. Alonso and G.W. Forbes, "Using rays better. III. Error estimates and illustrative applications in smooth media", J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 18, 1357-1370 (2001).
5. G.W. Forbes, "Using rays better. IV. Refraction and reflection", J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 18, 2557-2564 (2001).
6. M.A. Alonso and G.W. Forbes, "Using rays better. V. Diffraction at apertures", to be submitted to J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, (2002).
7. M.A. Alonso and G.W. Forbes, "Stable aggregates of flexible elements link rays and waves", submitted to Optics Express (see http://www.opticsexpress.org in August).