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Fraunhofer diffraction revisited
- Source :
- Physics Education. 28:238-242
- Publication Year :
- 1993
- Publisher :
- IOP Publishing, 1993.
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Abstract
- Diffraction patterns are explained using a matrix of identical coherent point sources, which emit elementary waves. Such a matrix is equivalent to a single point source, whose resultant wave is found by means of well known trigonometric formulas.
Details
- ISSN :
- 13616552 and 00319120
- Volume :
- 28
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Physics Education
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........a2813b326d5b29275813a7a2d0fe7e7f
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9120/28/4/008