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3 - Wave Propagation and Wave Optics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2022

Yaping Zhang  and
Ting-Chung Poon
Yaping Zhang
Affiliation:
Kunming University of Science and Technology, China
Ting-Chung Poon
Affiliation:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Summary

We have introduced Gaussian optics and used a matrix formalism to describe light rays through optical systems in Chapter 1. Light rays are based on the particle nature of light. Since light has a dual nature, light is waves as well. In 1924, de Broglie formulated the de Broglie hypothesis, which relates wavelength and momentum. In this chapter, we explore the wave nature of light, which accounts for wave effects such as interference and diffraction.

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Maxwlee’s equationstravelling-wave solutionsPoynting vectorscalar diffraction theoryFresnel and Fraunhofer diffractionideal thin lensGaussian beam opticsq-trasnformationbillinear transformation
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Modern Information Optics with MATLAB , pp. 70 - 118
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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References

Banerjee, P. P. and Poon, T.-C. (1991). Principles of Applied Optics. Irwin, Illinois.Google Scholar
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  • Wave Propagation and Wave Optics
  • Yaping Zhang, Kunming University of Science and Technology, China, Ting-Chung Poon, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Book: Modern Information Optics with MATLAB
  • Online publication: 22 December 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009053204.004
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  • Wave Propagation and Wave Optics
  • Yaping Zhang, Kunming University of Science and Technology, China, Ting-Chung Poon, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Book: Modern Information Optics with MATLAB
  • Online publication: 22 December 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009053204.004
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  • Wave Propagation and Wave Optics
  • Yaping Zhang, Kunming University of Science and Technology, China, Ting-Chung Poon, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Book: Modern Information Optics with MATLAB
  • Online publication: 22 December 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009053204.004
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