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Explore how the geometrical theory of diffraction extends classic optics to shadows and complex boundaries.
Diffraction in Inhomogeneous Media presents a clear, accessible path from ordinary geometrical optics to a powerful extension that handles shadows. It shows how new rays, including diffracted and complex ones, illuminate how waves propagate when boundaries and inhomogeneities matter. The book links theory to exact and asymptotic solutions, illustrating how to calculate fields in tricky settings like plane stratified media and cylinders. It’s structured in two parts: a theory section and a boundary-value problem approach that checks results against exact solutions.
- Learn how to define and trace diffracted rays, including how surface rays split and rejoin with ordinary rays.
- See how boundary conditions and impedance influence reflection, transmission, and the diffracted field.
- Explore how asymptotic methods match exact solutions across scenarios like plane stratified media and cylindrical boundaries.
- Understand the role of complex or imaginary rays and how they contribute to the overall field.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book outlines a new theory in diffraction, extending geometrical optics to fully describe diffracted fields. This extension, called the geometrical theory of diffraction, incorporates certain additional rays called diffracted rays and complex or imaginary rays into the analysis of wave propagation in inhomogeneous media. The diffracted rays are associated with boundaries or discontinuities of the medium, while the latter are associated with refraction shadows that occur in the absence of boundaries. Not only does this theory characterize the new rays, it also provides a method for calculating the field associated with them. The author explains this method and applies it to a number of problems, also demonstrating how the new theory agrees with exact solutions of boundary value problems for partial differential equations. This book will be of interest to anyone involved in the study of wave diffraction. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781332120758_0
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