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Stable aggregates of flexible elements give a stronger link between rays and waves

Author(s) -

Miguel A. Alonso,

G. W. Forbes

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

optics express

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394

H-Index - 271

ISSN - 1094-4087

DOI - 10.1364/oe.10.000728

Subject(s) - optics , physics , gaussian , wave propagation , field (mathematics) , simple (philosophy) , ptychography , statistical physics , wavefront , computer science , computational physics , diffraction , mathematics , quantum mechanics , philosophy , epistemology , pure mathematics

A recently proposed ray-based method for wave propagation is used to provide a meaningful criterion for the validity of rays in wave theory. This method assigns a Gaussian contribution to each ray in order to estimate the field. Such contributions are inherently flexible. By means of a simple example, it is shown that superior field estimates can result when the contributions are no longer forced to evolve like parabasal beamlets.

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