Young-Kirchhoff-Rubinowicz theory of diffraction in the light of Sommerfeld's solution

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

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2734-2742

  Umul, Yusuf Z ^a  

^a CANKAYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION;

DIFFRACTION THEORIES; EXACT SOLUTIONS; GRAZING INCIDENCES; HALF PLANES; INTEGRAL THEOREMS; KIRCHHOFF; KIRCHHOFF'S THEORIES; LINE INTEGRALS; RIGOROUS SOLUTIONS; SCATTERED FIELDS; SURFACE INTEGRALS;

LIGHT;

EID: 61349169687     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.25.002734     Document Type: Article

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