Light collimation, imaging, and concentration at the thermodynamic limit

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

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2479-2483

  Bokor, Nándor ^a   Davidson, Nir ^b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; RAY TRACING; THERMODYNAMICS;

SPATIAL PHASE FUNCTIONS;

HOLOGRAMS;

EID: 0043074795     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.19.002479     Document Type: Article

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