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Physical optics
About: Physical optics is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 5342 publications have been published within this topic receiving 101388 citations. The topic is also known as: wave optics.
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TL;DR: In this article, a close comparison between special relativity and optics of stratified planar media is presented, which may provide some useful tools in optics, can also suggest interesting thoughts and questions both in optics and in special relativity, and in quantum theory.
Abstract: A close comparison is presented between special relativity and optics of stratified planar media. This presentation, which may provide some useful tools in optics, can also suggest interesting thoughts and questions both in optics, in special relativity, and in quantum theory.
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01 Jul 1974TL;DR: In this article, the power transmitted within multimode circular optical fibres illuminated at one end by either coherent or incoherent light is determined, and a significant portion of this power is due to the radiation field even kilometres from the source.
Abstract: The power transmitted within multimode circular optical fibres illuminated at one end by either coherent or incoherent light is determined. In general, a significant portion of this power is due to the radiation field even kilometres from the source. Thus an analysis in terms of bound modes alone is inadequate and so is geometric optics using Fresnel's lawS. Instead, we use a modified form of geometric optics in which the rays are appropriately weighted to account for the leakage (radiation) from the fibre not included by Fresnel's laws. Extensive numerical results are given.
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TL;DR: In this article, the effects of large scale atmospheric waves with realistic horizontal structure are examined, and the reliability of the numerical inversion method in retrieving the true atmospheric vertical structure under conditions of strong ray crossing and horizontal inhomogeneities is assessed.
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TL;DR: In this article, the secondary aperture efficiency and beam-squint performance of the ALMA Band 10 tertiary optics design is evaluated by quasi-optical techniques, Physical Optics simulations and measurements.
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