Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology · 1998 · 58 citations · 6 references
Natural SciencesComputer ScienceMathematicsComputational ElectromagneticsOpticsDiffractionFourier AnalysisFourier OpticsPhysical OpticsScattering ProblemsWave DiffractionAperture DiffractionDiffraction By AperturesDiffraction CoefficientsDiffraction ModelingDiffraction TheoryFresnel DiffractionFresnel Equations
This paper summarizes the theory of Fresnel diffraction by plane rectangular and circular apertures with a view toward numerical computations. Approximations found in the earlier literature, and now obsolete, have been eliminated and replaced by algorithms suitable for use on a personal computer.
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