Fraunhofer diffraction equation is used to model the diffraction of waves when plane waves are incident on a diffracting object, and the diffraction pattern...
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In optics, the Fraunhofer diffraction equation is used to model the diffraction of waves when the diffraction pattern is viewed at a long distance from...
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Wollaston in 1802. Fraunhofer also developed a diffraction grating in 1821, after James Gregory discovered the phenomenon of diffraction grating and after...
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In optics, the Fresnel diffraction equation for near-field diffraction is an approximation of the Kirchhoff–Fresnel diffraction that can be applied to...
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theory of diffraction Electron diffraction Fraunhofer diffraction Fresnel imager Fresnel number Fresnel zone Point spread function Powder diffraction Quasioptics...
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crater Fraunhofer Society (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft), a large German research organization Fraunhofer diffraction, far-field diffraction Fraunhofer lines...
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Kirchhoff's diffraction formula (also called Fresnel–Kirchhoff diffraction formula) approximates light intensity and phase in optical diffraction: light fields...
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Wavelength (section Interference and diffraction)
called diffraction. Two types of diffraction are distinguished, depending upon the separation between the source and the screen: Fraunhofer diffraction or...
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Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction). Electron diffraction is similar to x-ray and neutron diffraction. However, unlike x-ray and neutron diffraction where the...
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limit to its resolution due to the physics of diffraction. An optical instrument is said to be diffraction-limited if it has reached this limit of resolution...
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Superposition principle (redirect from Interference vs. diffraction)
interference fringes observed by Young were the diffraction pattern of the double slit, this chapter [Fraunhofer diffraction] is, therefore, a continuation of Chapter...
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deviation over the face of the radiator. Fresnel number Fresnel diffraction and Fraunhofer diffraction Antenna measurement Eugene F. Knott, "Radar Cross Section"...
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Double-slit experiment (redirect from Double-slit diffraction)
compared to the wavelength, the Fraunhofer diffraction equation is needed to determine the intensity of the diffracted light as follows: I ( θ ) ∝ cos...
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Laser diffraction analysis, also known as laser diffraction spectroscopy, is a technology that utilizes diffraction patterns of a laser beam passed through...
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to give the equation for Fraunhofer diffraction. The fractional Fourier transform is equivalent to the Fresnel diffraction equation. When the angle α...
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Airy disk (redirect from Diffraction blur)
can make, limited by the diffraction of light. The Airy disk is of importance in physics, optics, and astronomy. The diffraction pattern resulting from...
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efficiency Diffraction from slits Diffraction spike Diffractive solar sail Echelle grating Fraunhofer diffraction Fraunhofer diffraction (mathematics)...
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of diffraction and the obstruction point increases, the diffraction patterns or results predicted converge towards those of Fraunhofer diffraction, which...
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Near and far field (redirect from Fraunhofer region)
approaches the far field. Local effects Fraunhofer diffraction for more on the far field Fresnel diffraction for more on the near field Inductive heating...
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Optics (section Diffraction and optical resolution)
complicated models of diffraction require working with the mathematics of Fresnel or Fraunhofer diffraction. X-ray diffraction makes use of the fact that...
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produced by an ideal focusing system over the aperture A(x,y). Using Fraunhofer diffraction theory, one computes the wave amplitude using the Fourier transform...
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transverse to the radial direction of propagation. In this case, a Fraunhofer diffraction pattern is created, which emanates from a single spherical wave...
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Gaussian beam (redirect from Diffraction limited beam)
is a fundamental characteristic of diffraction, and of the Fourier transform which describes Fraunhofer diffraction. A beam with any specified amplitude...
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Soil texture (section Laser Diffraction)
present in that sample. This diffraction pattern is then detected and analyzed by means of Mie and Fraunhofer diffraction models. The outcome of the measurement...
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Huygens–Fresnel principle (redirect from Diffraction losses)
principle. Fraunhofer diffraction Kirchhoff's diffraction formula Green's function Green's theorem Green's identities Near-field diffraction pattern Double-slit...
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0600808103. PMC 1458746. PMID 16549771. "Diffraction: Fraunhofer Diffraction at a Circular Aperture" (PDF). Melles Griot Optics Guide...
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point source (such as a star) yields a diffraction pattern at the focal plane representing the Fraunhofer diffraction transform of the aperture shape. This...
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1), the pinhole is small, and Fraunhofer diffraction applies; the resolution limit is given by the far-field diffraction formula shown in the graph, which...
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the origin. The single-hole wave-function is taken to be that of Fraunhofer diffraction; the pinhole shape is irrelevant, and the pinholes are considered...
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the Fraunhofer diffraction, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 10: 133–139. Ehrenfest, P., Epstein, P.S. (1924/1927). Remarks on the quantum theory of diffraction, Proc...
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