General polarized ray-tracing method for inhomogeneous uniaxially anisotropic media

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

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1260-1273

  Sluijter, Maarten ^a   de Boer, Dick K G ^a   Braat, Joseph J M ^b  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; POWDERS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; INHOMOGENEOUS ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; OPTICAL-;

ANISOTROPY;

EID: 50449090962     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.25.001260     Document Type: Article

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