Published March 2007
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Journal article
Complementary Huygens principle for geometrical and nongeometrical optics
Creators
- 1. Departamento de Optica, Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid (Spain)
Description
We develop a fundamental principle depicting the generalized ray formulation of optics provided by the Wigner function. This principle is formally identical to the Huygens-Fresnel principle but in terms of opposite concepts, rays instead of waves, and incoherent superpositions instead of coherent ones. This ray picture naturally includes diffraction and interference, and provides a geometrical picture of the degree of coherence
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1088/0143-0807/28/2/008;
- PII
- S0143-0807(07)36939-0;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- European Journal of Physics
- Journal Volume
- 28
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 231-240
- ISSN
- 0143-0807
- CODEN
- EJPHD4
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 38075183
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- DIFFRACTION; FUNCTIONS; HUYGENS PRINCIPLE; INTERFERENCE; OPTICS
- Descriptors DEC
- COHERENT SCATTERING; SCATTERING