Polarization singularities of the object field of skin surface

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 3547-3558

  Angelsky, O V ^a   Ushenko, A G ^a   Ushenko, Yu A ^a   Ushenko, Ye G ^a  

^a CHERNIVTSI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RADIATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

FRACTAL COORDINATE STRUCTURE; FRAUNHOFER DIFFRACTION; POLARIZATION SINGULARITIES; THIN SURFACE LAYERS;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 33746921662     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/39/16/005     Document Type: Article

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