Mathematical retroreflectors
Dynamical Systems
2010-05-20 v1
Abstract
Retroreflectors are optical devices that reverse the direction of incident beams of light. Here we present a collection of billiard type retroreflectors consisting of four objects; three of them are asymptotically perfect retroreflectors, and the fourth one is a retroreflector which is very close to perfect. Three objects of the collection have recently been discovered and published or submitted for publication. The fourth object - notched angle - is a new one; a proof of its retroreflectivity is given.
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@article{arxiv.1005.3466,
title = {Mathematical retroreflectors},
author = {Alexander Plakhov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.3466},
year = {2010}
}
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32 pages, 19 figures