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Study of complex huygens' principle

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Complex Huygens' principle provides an exact base for the simulation of wave propagation through a complex medium by complex ray. In this article, presented is the general formula of complex Huygens' principle, i. e. the complex point source representation of three-dimensional wave propagation, and the analytic formula of the strength of complex point source is derived here for the special case that wave sources are enclosed in a sphere.

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  1. Department of Automation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 610054, Chengdu City, China

    Yao Dezhong

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Yao, D. Study of complex huygens' principle. Int J Infrared Milli Waves 16, 831–838 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02066643

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