Caustics caused by refraction in the interface between an isotropic medium and a uniaxial crystal

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

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1586-1593

  Avendaño Alejo, Maximino ^a   Díaz Uribe, Rufino ^a   Moreno, Ivan ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Universidad Automa de Zacatecas   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REFRACTION; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

A-PLANE; CRYSTAL AXIS; ISOTROPIC MEDIUM; PLANE OF INCIDENCE; UNIAXIAL CRYSTALS;

POWDERS;

EID: 51849099561     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.25.001586     Document Type: Article

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