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Some Wave-Theoretic Problems in Radially Inhomogeneous Media

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Nuntaplook, U., Adam, J.A., Pohrivchak, M.A. (2016). Some Wave-Theoretic Problems in Radially Inhomogeneous Media. In: Kokhanovsky, A. (eds) Light Scattering Reviews, Volume 11. Springer Praxis Books. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49538-4_7

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