Caustics in a field negatively refracted at a plane interface

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 229, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 452-456

  Shendeleva, M L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Caustics; Interface; Negative refraction; Wave fornts

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; REFRACTION; WAVEFRONTS;

A-PLANE; CAUSTIC; FERMAT'S PRINCIPLE; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS APPROACHES; LINE SOURCES; NEGATIVE REFRACTIONS; NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; PLANE INTERFACE; WAVE FORNTS; WAVE FRONT;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; INTERFACE PRESSURE; OPTICAL ROTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

EID: 40549101846     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2008.01927.x     Document Type: Article

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