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Modern Optics Podcast by Peter Beyersdorf

Apr 10, 200800:53:17Education

We look at the relationship between far-field (Fraunhofer) diffraction and the Fourier transform, and explore the diffraction pattern of a uniformly illuminated circular aperture, which leads to the Rayleigh criterion fo...

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More Diffraction is an episode from Modern Optics Podcast by Peter Beyersdorf. We look at the relationship between far-field (Fraunhofer) diffraction and the Fourier transform, and explore the diffraction pattern of a uniformly illuminated...

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