Engineering
Fourier Optics, Part 1
Masud Mansuripur
How decomposition into, and subsequent superposition of, plane waves can lead straightforwardly to the near-field (Fresnel) and far-field (Fraunhofer) formulas, elucidate the Fourier transforming properties of a lens, and capture the essence of Abbe’s theory of image formation.
Publish Date: 01 May 2000