Wavefronts and caustic of a spherical wave reflected by an arbitrary smooth surface

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

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2295-2305

  Román Hernández, Edwin ^a   Santiago Santiago, José Guadalupe ^a   Silva Ortigoza, Gilberto ^a   Silva Ortigoza, Ramón ^b  

^a BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LIGHT SOURCES; WAVEFRONTS;

ARBITRARY POSITIONS; EIKONAL EQUATION; FREE SPACE; K-FUNCTION; LIGHT RAYS; OPTICAL AXIS; PARABOLIC MIRRORS; POINT LIGHT SOURCE; REFLECTED LIGHT; SMOOTH SURFACE; SPHERICAL WAVES;

LIGHT;

EID: 70449704638     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.26.002295     Document Type: Article

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