Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-1996
Publication Title
American Journal of Physics
Abstract
Using the formalism of Fresnel diffraction, we examine the diffraction and interference of two initially widely separated parallel Gaussian light beams. This two-beam configuration is a version of Young's two-slit interference problem that is free of the mathematical complexity that occurs in most Fresnel diffraction calculations. As a result, it clearly and simply illustrates the transition from ray optics to wave interference. (C) 1996 American Association of Physics Teachers.
Repository Citation
Lock, James A., "An Exactly Soluble Fresnel Diffraction Model of Two-Slit Interference" (1996). Physics Faculty Publications. 102.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/sciphysics_facpub/102
Original Citation
Lock, James A. "An Exactly Soluble Fresnel Diffraction Model of Two-Slit Interference." American Journal of Physics 64 (1996): 1307-1311.
DOI
10.1119/1.18375
Version
Postprint
Publisher's Statement
Copyright 1996 American Association of Physics Teachers. The article appeared in American Journal of Physics 64 (1996): 1307-1311 and may be found at http://aapt.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1119/1.18375
Volume
64
Issue
10
