Exact paraxial diffraction theory for polygonal apertures under Gaussian\n illumination

2019/09/01 by Riccardo Borghi, Borghi, Riccardo
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Near-Field Optical Microscopy #Optics (physics.optics) #Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics #Photonic and Optical Devices

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1909.00400

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Abstract

Paraxial diffraction of monochromatic Gaussian beams by arbitrarily shaped\npolygonal apertures is analytically explored within the boundary diffraction\nwave theory framework. Exact closed-form expressions of the diffracted\nwavefield are obtained, as well as an interesting connection between classical\noptics and probability theory.\n

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