Radiative transport theory for light propagation in luminescent media

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

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 813-820

  Şahin, Derya ^a   Ilan, Boaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

030.5620; 220.1770; 260.3800; 290.4210; 350.6050

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTATION THEORY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LIGHT; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANORODS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

030.5620; 220.1770; 260.3800; 290.4210; 350.6050; GENERALISATION; LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; RANDOM MEDIA; RE-EMISSION; TRANSPORT THEORY;

LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 84877618425     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.30.000813     Document Type: Article

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