Simulation Procedure for Divergent Light Halos
Lars Gislén · 2002
We present a new procedure for the simulation of divergent light halos. The procedure uses rotational symmetries to make a selected sampling of events that greatly improves the efficiency of the algorithm. We can typically generate a simulated display in minutes using a personal computer. The theory behind the procedure also gives a quantitative explanation of the observational fact that a divergent light halo display depends on the distance between the light source and the observer. © 2002 Optical Society of America