Monte Carlo modeling of spatial coherence: Free-space diffraction

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

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2571-2581

  Fischer, David G ^a   Prahl, Scott A ^b   Duncan, Donald D ^c  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Oregon Health and Science University Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; DATA COMPRESSION; FORECASTING; LIGHT; PHYSICAL OPTICS;

CONVERGENCE CRITERION; FREE-SPACE DIFFRACTIONS; FREE-SPACE PROPAGATION; FRESNEL ZONE PLATES; GAUSSIAN COPULAS; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO PREDICTIONS; MONTE-CARLO MODELING; PARTIALLY COHERENT; PARTIALLY COHERENT SOURCES; RANDOM SOURCES; SECOND-ORDER STATISTICS; SPATIAL COHERENCES;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 58149312873     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.25.002571     Document Type: Article

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