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In optics, the Fraunhofer diffraction equation is used to model the diffraction of waves when plane waves are incident on a diffracting object, and the diffraction pattern is viewed at a sufficiently long distance from the object, and also when it is viewed at the focal plane of an imaging lens. In contrast, the diffraction pattern created near the diffracting object and is given by the Fresnel diffraction equation. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Fraunhofer diffractionA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Spatial characterization of Fraunhofer diffraction in a four-level light-matter-coupling systemInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Prismatic and Diffraction SpectraThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Laser Diffraction Spectrometry: Fraunhofer Diffraction Versus Mie ScatteringCited 200 times
- Go sideways: Fraunhofer diffraction equationA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Diffraction from slitsA closely related topic
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Laser Diffraction Spectrometry: Fraunhofer Diffraction Versus Mie Scattering
Spectral anomalies in a Fraunhofer diffraction pattern
Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction in nuclear processes
Fraunhofer Diffraction by Koch Fractals
The Quantum Theory of the Fraunhofer Diffraction
Fraunhofer Diffraction Patterns of Titled Planar Objects
Fraunhofer Diffraction by Koch Fractals: The Dimensionality
Particle Size Distributions from Fraunhofer Diffraction
🆕 Influential since 2022
Spatial characterization of Fraunhofer diffraction in a four-level light-matter-coupling system
New analytical diffraction expressions for the Fresnel–Fraunhofer transition regime
Geometrization of the Huygens–Fresnel principle: Applications to Fraunhofer diffraction
Gain at a Point and Gain in a Direction for the Fraunhofer Diffraction Pattern of a System of Many Wave Sources
Measurement of inkjet droplet size based on Fraunhofer diffraction
📚 Books worth reading
Prismatic and Diffraction SpectraJoseph Von Fraunhofer, William Hyde Wollaston · 2018
Introduction to Fourier opticsJoseph W. Goodman · 1968
Prismatic and diffraction spectraJoseph von Fraunhofer · 1898- 📕Joseph von Fraunhofer's gesammelte SchriftenJoseph von Fraunhofer · 1888
New Procedures in Nondestructive TestingP. Höller · 1983
Wave Theory of Light and Spectra (The Development of science)I. Bernard Cohen · 1981- 📕Prismatic and Diffraction SpectraJoseph Sweetman Ames Joseph von Fraunhofer · 1898
- 📕Photographische Aufnahmen Fraunhofer'scher BeugungsfigurenJ. Scheiner · 1894
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