Caustics and wavefronts by multiple reflections in a circular surface

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1195-1198

  Avendaño Alejo, Maximino ^a   Castañeda, Luis ^b   Moreno, Iván ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE ZACATECAS   (Mexico)

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EID: 77957932515     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.3467891     Document Type: Article

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