Vectorial approach to Huygens's principle for plane waves: Circular aperture and zone plates

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

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1141-1145

  Romero, Julio A ^a   Hernández, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; LENSES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; VECTORS;

CIRCULAR APERTURE; HUYGENS'S PRINCIPLE; PLANE WAVES; VECTORIAL EQUATION; ZONE PLATES;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 33745277624     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.23.001141     Document Type: Article

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