Reflection of a wave off a surface.

Klingenberg, W.; Guilfoyle, B.

Abstract

Recent investigations of the space of oriented lines in R3R3 are applied to geometric optics. The general formulae for reflection of a wavefront in a surface are derived and in three special cases explicit descriptions are provided: when the reflecting surface is a plane, when the incoming wave is a plane and when the incoming wave is spherical. In each case particular examples are computed exactly and the results plotted to illustrate the outgoing wavefront.

Citation

Klingenberg, W., & Guilfoyle, B. (2006). Reflection of a wave off a surface. Journal of Geometry, 84(1), 55-72. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00022-005-0022-0

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2006-03
• Journal: Journal of Geometry
• Print ISSN: 0047-2468
• Electronic ISSN: 1420-8997
• Publisher: Springer
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 84
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 55-72
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00022-005-0022-0