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Diffraction Theory

Diffraction Theory is a theoretical framework within wave physics that describes the transformation and propagation of wave fields in the presence of obstacles or apertures, distinguished from related scattering and refraction phenomena by its reliance on the Huygens-Fresnel principle and Fourier-based spatial frequency analysis to model the bending and interference of waves around structured media.

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Introduction to Fourier Optics

Phillip Sutton · Quantum and Semiclassical Optics Journal of the European Optical Society Part B · 1996 · 5K citations

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<i>Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light</i>

Max Born, Emil Wolf, Eugene Hecht · Physics Today · 2000 · 4.1K citations

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Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering

Bharat Bhushan · 2016 · 3.8K citations

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Diffraction-free beams

J. Durnin, Joseph J. Miceli, J. H. Eberly · Physical Review Letters · 1987 · 3.6K citations

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Principles of optics. Electromagnetic theory of propagation, interference and diffraction of light

L. Rosenfeld · Nuclear Physics · 1960 · 3.3K citations

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  1. YZ
    Yusuf Ziya Umul

    Çankaya University, Türkiye

    35 publications · 850 citations

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  2. JT
    Jari Turunen

    University of Eastern Finland, Finland

    27 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. JB
    Joseph B. Keller

    Stanford University, United States

    21 publications · 5.2K citations

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  4. PH
    Prabhakar H. Pathak

    The Ohio State University, United States

    18 publications · 3.5K citations

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  5. PY
    Pyotr Ya. Ufimtsev

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    17 publications · 853 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    34 h-index

    310 publications

    15.4K citations

  2. University of Rochester

    Rochester, United States

    29 h-index

    84 publications

    23.5K citations

  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    28 h-index

    117 publications

    8K citations

  4. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    28 h-index

    113 publications

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  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    28 h-index

    116 publications

    7.8K citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    28 h-index

    83 publications

    4.9K citations

  7. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    25 h-index

    228 publications

    6.8K citations

  8. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

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    91 publications

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  1. Journal of the Optical Society of America A

    325 publications · 16.5K citations

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  2. Applied Optics

    338 publications · 13.6K citations

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  3. Optics Letters

    177 publications · 10.1K citations

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  4. Journal of the Optical Society of America

    JOSA · 124 publications · 14.9K citations

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  5. Optics Express

    197 publications · 7.9K citations

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