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Derivation · draft

Fraunhofer Diffraction as a Fourier Transform

D-207 Home PU-206 Threads light · waves Depends on The Helmholtz-Kirchhoff Diffraction Integral, fourier-transform-pairs
Statement

Reduce the Kirchhoff integral in the far field to a two-dimensional Fourier transform of the aperture transmission function over spatial frequencies set by the diffraction angles.

Depends on

The Helmholtz-Kirchhoff Diffraction Integral, fourier-transform-pairs

Used by

PU-206/L16 PU-206/L17 PU-206/L23