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Caustics

Caustics is a photometric phenomenon in physically based rendering characterized by the concentration of refracted or reflected light onto a surface or volume, distinguished from general global illumination effects by its formation through specular transport paths involving focused light patterns.

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421

Waves and Thom's theorem

Michael Berry · Advances In Physics · 1976 · 401 citations

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Arbitrary accelerating micron-scale caustic beams in two and three dimensions

Luc Froehly, François Courvoisier, A. Mathis et al. · Optics Express · 2011 · 251 citations · Full text

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Natural focusing and fine structure of light: caustics and wave dislocations

J. F. Nye · Bristol Research (University of Bristol) · 1999 · 248 citations

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Pre-engineered abruptly autofocusing beams

Ioannis Chremmos, Nikolaos K. Efremidis, Demetrios N. Christodoulides · Optics Letters · 2011 · 248 citations · Full text

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<i>Natural Focusing and Fine Structure of Light: Caustics and Wave Dislocations</i>

J. F. Nye, Francis J Wright · American Journal of Physics · 2000 · 247 citations

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  1. PS
    P. S. Theocaris

    National Technical University of Athens, Greece

    12 publications · 270 citations

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  2. AG
    Andrew Gould

    The Ohio State University, United States

    9 publications · 488 citations

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  3. MD
    Michael D. Albrow

    University of Canterbury, New Zealand

    8 publications · 454 citations

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  4. RW
    Richard W. Pogge

    The Ohio State University, United States

    7 publications · 276 citations

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  5. DL
    David L. Shealy

    University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States

    7 publications · 230 citations

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Institutions

465

  1. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    29 publications

    924 citations

  2. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    16 h-index

    51 publications

    2.4K citations

  3. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    14 h-index

    25 publications

    1.2K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    14 h-index

    62 publications

    4K citations

  5. National Technical University of Athens

    Athens, Greece

    13 h-index

    27 publications

    686 citations

  6. Chungbuk National University

    Cheongju-si, South Korea

    11 h-index

    19 publications

    907 citations

  7. China University of Mining and Technology

    Xuzhou, China

    10 h-index

    39 publications

    1.3K citations

  8. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    14 publications

    457 citations

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  2. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 18 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. Applied Optics

    23 publications · 526 citations

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  4. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

    JASA · 20 publications · 695 citations

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  5. Journal of the Optical Society of America A

    13 publications · 268 citations

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