An Exactly Soluble Fresnel Diffraction Model of Two-Slit Interference

James A. Lock

doi:10.1119/1.18375

An Exactly Soluble Fresnel Diffraction Model of Two-Slit Interference

James A. Lock

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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.

Original language	American English
Journal	American Journal of Physics
Volume	64
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18375
State	Published - Oct 1 1996

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