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Diffraction and Diffraction formalism

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Difference between Diffraction and Diffraction formalism

Diffraction vs. Diffraction formalism

--> Diffraction refers to various phenomena that occur when a wave encounters an obstacle or a slit. Diffraction processes affecting waves are amenable to quantitative description and analysis.

Similarities between Diffraction and Diffraction formalism

Diffraction and Diffraction formalism have 10 things in common (in Unionpedia): Diffraction grating, Double-slit experiment, Fourier transform, Fraunhofer diffraction, Fresnel diffraction, Huygens–Fresnel principle, Sinc function, Sine, Wave, Wavelength.

Diffraction grating

In optics, a diffraction grating is an optical component with a periodic structure that splits and diffracts light into several beams travelling in different directions.

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Double-slit experiment

In modern physics, the double-slit experiment is a demonstration that light and matter can display characteristics of both classically defined waves and particles; moreover, it displays the fundamentally probabilistic nature of quantum mechanical phenomena.

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Fourier transform

The Fourier transform (FT) decomposes a function of time (a signal) into the frequencies that make it up, in a way similar to how a musical chord can be expressed as the frequencies (or pitches) of its constituent notes.

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Fraunhofer diffraction

In optics, the Fraunhofer diffraction equation is used to model the diffraction of waves when the diffraction pattern is viewed at a long distance from the diffracting object, and also when it is viewed at the focal plane of an imaging lens.

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Fresnel diffraction

In optics, the Fresnel diffraction equation for near-field diffraction is an approximation of the Kirchhoff–Fresnel diffraction that can be applied to the propagation of waves in the near field.

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Huygens–Fresnel principle

The Huygens–Fresnel principle (named after Dutch physicist Christiaan Huygens and French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel) is a method of analysis applied to problems of wave propagation both in the far-field limit and in near-field diffraction.

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Sinc function

In mathematics, physics and engineering, the cardinal sine function or sinc function, denoted by, has two slightly different definitions.

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Sine

In mathematics, the sine is a trigonometric function of an angle.

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Wave

In physics, a wave is a disturbance that transfers energy through matter or space, with little or no associated mass transport.

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Wavelength

In physics, the wavelength is the spatial period of a periodic wave—the distance over which the wave's shape repeats.

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Diffraction and Diffraction formalism Comparison

Diffraction has 104 relations, while Diffraction formalism has 21. As they have in common 10, the Jaccard index is 8.00% = 10 / (104 + 21).

References

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