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Ray (optics)

Known as: Light ray, Leaky ray, Ray of light 
In optics a ray is an idealized model of light, obtained by choosing a line that is perpendicular to the wavefronts of the actual light, and that… 
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
New potentialities of the Liege intranuclear cascade (INCL) model for reactions induced by nucleons and light charged particles
ege intranuclear cascade (INC) model for the description of spallation reactions is presented in detail. Compared to the standard… 
Review
2011
Review
2011
Transformation optics and metamaterials
We review recent progress in developing a new class of specially designed optical metamaterial spaces with functionalities that… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Trapped atoms in cavity QED: coupling quantized light and matter
On the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of Albert Einstein's annus mirabilis, we reflect on the development and current… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Shedding light on the weather
Virtually all methods in image processing and computer vision, for removing weather effects from images, assume single scattering… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Testing the Adaptive Plasticity Hypothesis: Density-Dependent Selection on Manipulated Stem Length in Impatiens capensis
In plants, stem elongation at high density in response to vegetation shade is hypothesized to be an example of adaptive… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Response of Hawaiian and other Indo-Pacific reef corals to elevated temperature
Loss of symbiotic zooxanthellae, or “bleaching” is one of the first visible signs of thermal stress. Critical threshold… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
Confocal scanning optical microscopy and its applications for biological specimens
Confocal scanning optical microscopy (CSOM) is a new optical microscopic technique, which offers significant advantages over… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Statistical ray optics
A statistical approach is taken toward the ray optics of optical media with complicated nonspherical and nonplanar surface shapes… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Modifications in the sagittal osteotomy of the mandible.
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
Off-Axis Paths in Spherical Mirror Interferometers
When a spherical mirror interferometer is illuminated by an off-axis ray of light, the repeated reflections cause the ray to… 
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