Diffraction of a Gaussian beam in a three-dimensional smoothly inhomogeneous medium: An eikonal-based complex geometrical-optics approach

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

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1442-1451

  Berczynski, Pawel ^a   Bliokh, Konstantin Yu ^b,c   Kravtsov, Yuri A ^d,e   Stateczny, Andrzej ^e  

^a WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF RADIO ASTRONOMY   (Ukraine)

^c A USIKOV INSTITUTE OF RADIO PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Ukraine)

^d Space Research Institute Russian Academy of Science ^*  (Russian Federation)

^e MARITIME UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; HELICAL WAVEGUIDES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RICCATI EQUATIONS;

EIKONAL-BASED COMPLEX GEOMETRICAL-OPTICS APPROACH; GAUSSIAN BEAM; PARABOLIC EQUATIONS;

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS;

EID: 33745748360     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.23.001442     Document Type: Article

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