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Diffraction processes affecting waves are amenable to quantitative description and analysis. Such treatments are applied to a wave passing through one or more slits whose width is specified as a proportion of the wavelength. Numerical approximations may be used, including the Fresnel and Fraunhofer approximations. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Diffraction from slitsA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: A study of the effects of Gaussian distribution of coherence length of source on the diffraction of partial temporal coherence beam from multi slits: Theory and simulationInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Manual of advanced opticsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: X-ray diffraction from rectangular slitsCited 42 times
- Go sideways: Fresnel diffractionA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Fraunhofer diffraction equationA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
X-ray diffraction from rectangular slits
Asymmetric Fraunhofer Diffraction from Roller-Blade Slits
Diffraction of spatiotemporally localized X-wave pulses from a screen containing two rectangular slits
Unified diagram for Fraunhofer diffraction and interference patterns from single, double, and multiple slits
Fraunhofer diffraction in the beam approximation from two longitudinally separated slits
Reconstruction of spectrum from the intensity distribution of the diffraction pattern by a slit or an array of slits.
🆕 Influential since 2022
đź“š Books worth reading
Manual of advanced opticsCharles Riborg Mann · 1902
Physics for computer science studentsNarciso Garcia · 1986
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