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Closed Solutions of Rayleigh’s Diffraction Integral for Axial Points

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Abstract

Rayleigh’s diffraction integral is solved in closed form as regards all axial points when a divergent or a convergent spherical wave is specified as the electromagnetic disturbance incident upon a circular aperture or obstacle. Diffraction of divergent waves is treated briefly. The method is applied more fully to the diffraction of convergent waves by circular apertures. It is shown that the axial “focal point” of the converged spherical wave falls inside, at, or outside the geometrical focal point according as the angular semiaperture θm of the lens is less than, equal to, or greater than a particular angle that falls near 70.5°. The magnitudes of the departures of the focal point from the geometrical focal point are illustrated by examples for both the radar and optical regions.

© 1961 Optical Society of America

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