Analytic expression for Fresnel diffraction

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 684-688

  Wang, Peng ^a   Xu, Yuguang ^a   Wang, Wei ^b   Wang, Zhijian ^c  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^b N China Optical Instrument Factory   (China)

^c CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

FRAUNHOFER DIFFRACTION; FRESNEL DIFFRACTION; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0032025515     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.15.000684     Document Type: Article

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