Validity of Fresnel and Fraunhofer approximations in scalar diffraction

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Mezouari, Samir ^a   Harvey, Andy Robert ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Far field diffraction; Fraunhofer diffraction; Fresnel diffraction; Near field diffraction; Scalar diffraction

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS;

FRESNEL DIFFRACTION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0042807403     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/5/4/360     Document Type: Conference Paper

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