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Diffraction

Modern Optics Podcast by Peter Beyersdorf

Apr 8, 200801:15:07Education

We look at Fraunhofer diffraction from a slit and for a Gaussian beam. We use Huygen's principle and also discuss Babinet's principle

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Diffraction is an episode from Modern Optics Podcast by Peter Beyersdorf. We look at Fraunhofer diffraction from a slit and for a Gaussian beam. We use Huygen's principle and also discuss Babinet's principle The episode was published on Apr...

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We look at Fraunhofer diffraction from a slit and for a Gaussian beam. We use Huygen's principle and also discuss Babinet's principle

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Published Apr 8, 2008 and 01:15:07 long