On Gaussian Beams Described by Jacobi's Equation

Gaussian beams describe the amplitude and phase of rays and are widely used to model acoustic propagation. This paper describes four new results in the theory of Gaussian beams. (1) A new version of the Červený equations for the amplitude and phase of Gaussian beams is developed by applying the equi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Steven T.
Other Authors: Lincoln Laboratory
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/92544