The Huygens–Fresnel principle (named after Dutch physicist Christiaan Huygens and French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel) states that every point on a...

diffraction effects of light in 1821. Today this principle is known as the Huygens–Fresnel principle. Huygens invented the pendulum clock in 1657, which he...

Huygens principle of double refraction, named after Dutch physicist Christiaan Huygens, explains the phenomenon of double refraction observed in uniaxial...

Huygens–Fresnel principle is derived by the Fresnel–Kirchhoff diffraction formula. Kirchhoff's integral theorem, sometimes referred to as the Fresnel–Kirchhoff...

Huygens' principle, and is part of the explanation of Fermat's principle. But it can also be shown that the geometric construction by which Huygens tried...

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equivalence principle, Huygens' equivalence principle or simply as the equivalence principle. Being a more rigorous reformulation of the Huygens–Fresnel principle...

classical physics, the diffraction phenomenon is described by the Huygens–Fresnel principle that treats each point in a propagating wavefront as a collection...

analogy is closely related to Fermat's principle and thus to the Huygens–Fresnel principle. Fermat's principle states that the rays between wavefronts...

aperture increases focus and lowers resolution and vice versa. The Huygens–Fresnel principle describes diffraction of wave propagation between two fields....

particle-like rays of geometrical optics with the wavefronts of Huygens–Fresnel principle. [Maupertuis] ... thus pointed to that remarkable analogy between...

Huygens showed how Snell's law of sines could be explained by, or derived from, the wave nature of light, using what we have come to call the Huygens–Fresnel...

classical physics, the diffraction phenomenon is described by the Huygens–Fresnel principle that treats each point in a propagating wavefront as a collection...

fronts with uniform intensity everywhere on the spheres (see Huygens–Fresnel principle). Such a source of uniform spherical waves is shown in the figure...

optical formulas, the grating equation can be derived by using the Huygens–Fresnel principle, stating that each point on a wavefront of a propagating wave...

analysis relies only on the aperture function of the source, per the Huygens–Fresnel principle. The ultrasonic devices achieve high directivity by modulating...

or superposition, of plane waves. It has some parallels to the Huygens–Fresnel principle, in which the wavefront is regarded as being made up of a combination...

known as diffraction. These effects can be modelled using the Huygens–Fresnel principle; Huygens postulated that every point on a wavefront acts as a source...

itself the origin of a secondary spherical wave, a principle known today as the Huygens–Fresnel principle. The book is considered a pioneering work of theoretical...

classical physics, the diffraction phenomenon is described by the Huygens–Fresnel principle that treats each point in a propagating wavefront as a collection...

to give specular reflection and refraction, according to the Huygens–Fresnel principle. In the case of dielectrics such as glass, the electric field...

magnetic vectors. The Huygens–Fresnel equation is one such model. This was derived empirically by Fresnel in 1815, based on Huygens' hypothesis that each...

effects of light in 1821. Today this principle is known as the Huygens–Fresnel principle. As an astronomer, Huygens began grinding lenses with his brother...

increases with light intensity. At the heart of Fresnel's wave theory is the Huygens–Fresnel principle, which states that every unobstructed point of a...

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would also increase the infrared signature. According to the Huygens–Fresnel principle, even a very flat plate would still reflect radar waves, though...

spectrum – Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics) – Harmonic oscillator – Huygens–Fresnel principle – Longitudinal wave – Mechanical wave – Navier–Stokes equations...

behaviour of light can be modelled using classical wave theory. The Huygens–Fresnel principle is one such model; it states that each point on a wavefront generates...

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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...