Propagation and Diffraction

17 Novembro 2016, 14:00 • José Manuel Rebordão

Equations: Maxwell, Wave equation, Helmoltz.

Waves: monochromatic / non-monochromatic; plane, spherical, parabolic, gaussian.

Propagation principles: Huygens, Huygens-Fresnel, mathematical description

Object representation by their Amplitude Transmission Function: phase-only, amplitude-only, hybrid; examples for simple apertures, diffraction gratings, prism, lenses.

Diffraction regimes: near field, Fresnel, Fraunhofer.

BIBLIOGRAPHY (for this and next 2 classes)
J. Goodman, Introduction to Fourier Optics, Ch. 4, 5, 6.

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