Journal of the Optical Society of America A · 1998 · 25 citations · 11 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsOpticsDiffractionFourier OpticsPhysical OpticsRefractive IndexWave DiffractionWave OpticsAperture DiffractionDiffraction By AperturesDiffraction TheoryFraunhofer DiffractionFresnel DiffractionFresnel Equations
An analytic formula for the light field amplitude (and therefore also intensity) behind a circular aperture illuminated by spherical or plane waves in the Fresnel limit is given, and the essential difference between Fresnel diffraction and Fraunhofer diffraction is discussed.
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J. Durnin, Joseph J. Miceli, J. H. Eberly · Physical Review Letters · 1987 · 3.6K citations
Natural Sciences, Physics, Optics +13