Light Rays in a Spherically Symmetric Medium.

Abstract

We derive from Maxwell's equations a set of three coupled first-order differential equations for high-frequency light ray trajectories in a medium whose index of refraction n(r) at any point r is a function only of r.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA174767

Entities

People

  • Daniel T. Gillespie

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Classification
  • Curvature
  • Differential Equations
  • Electric Charge
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Numerical Integration
  • Plane Waves
  • Refraction
  • Refractive Index
  • Right Angles
  • Rotation
  • Runge Kutta Method
  • Security
  • Wave Equations

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics
  • Physics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.