The caustics of two-and three-dimensional parabolic reflectors

Journal of Optics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Bell, C G ^a   Ockendon, H ^a   Ockendon, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catastrophe; Caustic; Elliptic paraboloid; Hyperbolic umbilic; Parabola; Parabolic cylinder; Paraboloid; Paraboloid of revolution; Tschirnhausen cubic

Indexed keywords

OPTICS;

CATASTROPHE; CAUSTIC; ELLIPTIC PARABOLOID; HYPERBOLIC UMBILIC; PARABOLA; PARABOLIC CYLINDER; PARABOLOID; PARABOLOID OF REVOLUTION; TSCHIRNHAUSEN CUBIC;

RESEARCH;

EID: 77953555612     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/12/6/065703     Document Type: Article

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