Two innovations in diffraction calculations for cylindrically symmetrical systems
Two innovations in diffraction calculations for cylindrically symmetrical systems is a scholarly work, published in 2001 in ''Applied Optics''. The main subjects of the publication include computation, Fresnel integral, physics, Fresnel zone, geometrical optics, Uniform theory of diffraction, Fresnel equations, physical optics, diffraction efficiency, optics, anti-reflective coating, Huygens–Fresnel principle, Fresnel number, diffraction, Fresnel diffraction, mathematics, and Kirchhoff's diffraction formula. Two mathematical innovations are presented that relate to calculating propagation of radiation through cylindrically symmetrical systems using Kirchhoff diffraction theory.