Analysis of inhomogeneous optical systems by the use of ray tracing. I. Planar systems

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 5303-5309

  Beliakov, Gleb ^a   Chan, D Y C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gradient index lens; Nondestructive diagnostics; Ray tracing; Refractive index distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 5944244497     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.005303     Document Type: Article

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