Spectral properties of the nonspherically decaying radiation generated by a rotating superluminal source

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

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 780-784

  Ardavan, Houshang ^a   Ardavan, Arzhang ^b   Singleton, John ^c   Fasel, Joseph ^d   Schmidt, Andrea ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LASER PULSES; LUMINANCE; POLARIZATION;

FLUX DENSITY; POLARIZATION CURRENT;

RADIATION;

EID: 44349170663     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.25.000780     Document Type: Article

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