O2 · Diffraction
A 26-module path through o2 · diffraction, in study order from foundations to the frontier.
Modules
- Huygens-Fresnel Principle
- Fresnel-Kirchhoff Diffraction Integral
- Rayleigh-Sommerfeld Diffraction Theory
- Fresnel Diffraction Regime
- Fraunhofer Diffraction Regime
- Fresnel Number
- Fresnel Zones and Zone Plates
- Cornu Spiral and Fresnel Integrals
- Single-Slit Diffraction
- Rectangular Aperture Diffraction
- Circular Aperture Diffraction and the Airy Pattern
- Rayleigh Resolution Criterion
- Alternative Resolution Criteria
- Babinet's Principle
- Diffraction Grating and the Grating Equation
- Grating Resolving Power and Dispersion
- Blazed Gratings
- Free Spectral Range and Grating Orders
- N-Slit Interference-Diffraction
- Introduction to Fourier Optics
- Spatial Frequency and the Angular Spectrum
- Abbe Theory of Image Formation
- Optical Transfer Function
- Point Spread Function
- Fourier Transform Property of a Lens
- Spatial Filtering and the 4f System