• DocumentCode
    976670
  • Title

    A simple derivation of the Fresnel diffraction formula

  • Author

    Banerjee, Partha P.

  • Author_Institution
    Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA
  • Volume
    73
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1985
  • Firstpage
    1859
  • Lastpage
    1860
  • Abstract
    In contrast with the conventional technique of deriving the Fresnel diffraction formula using Green´s functions and the integral theorem of Helmholtz and Kirchhoff, we present a simple direct derivation of Fresnel diffraction by starting out from the scalar wave equation.
  • Keywords
    Admittance; Circuit theory; Diffraction; Impedance; Integral equations; Load flow; Optical propagation; Power system analysis computing; Power systems; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PROC.1985.13378
  • Filename
    1457646