Fraunhofer Diffraction Flashcards

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Why does Fraunhofer diffraction use lenses

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so that the source and fringe pattern can both be at convinient distances from the aperture

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What are the requirements for fraunhofer diffraction to be observed

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the incoming and outgoing waves approach being planar over the diffracting apertures or obstacles

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What is crucial for determining the resultant field for Fraunhofer diffraction

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the phase of each contribution at the screen due to differences in path traversed

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how can path difference be described for planar wavefronts passing through an aperture

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linear function of the 2 aperture variables

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what is the definitive mathematical criterion for fraunhofer diffraction

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linearity in the aperture variables

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what is the formula for the aperture size

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D^2 = x0^2+y0^2

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what is the formula for fraunhofer diffraction if we neglect the phase factors and explicitly write the aperture function

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E (π‘₯1, 𝑦1) ∝ double integral βˆ’βˆž to ∞ exp {βˆ’ π‘–π‘˜/𝑧(π‘₯0π‘₯1 + 𝑦0𝑦1)} 𝐴 (π‘₯0, 𝑦0) 𝐸(π‘₯0, 𝑦0)𝑑π‘₯0𝑑𝑦0

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What is notable about the fraunhofer diffraction formula

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it is a fourier transform of the aperture field from one position x0 to another x1

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How do you write the Fraunhofer diffraction in terms of the off-axis k vectors which are kx=kx1/z and ky=ky1/z

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𝐸 (π‘˜π‘₯, π‘˜π‘¦) ∝ double integral from βˆ’βˆž to ∞ exp{βˆ’π‘– π‘˜π‘₯π‘₯ + π‘˜π‘¦π‘¦} 𝐴(π‘₯, 𝑦) 𝐸(π‘₯, 𝑦)𝑑π‘₯𝑑𝑦

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How can we treat an aperture (single slit) of width b

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divide it into N coherent point sources each of extent Ξ΄y=b/N

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What can we say about point sources along an aperture which is uniformly illuminated by a plane wave

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the amplitude of each point source is proportional to Ξ΄y, they are a source of spherical waves which would all be in phase

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How do you evaluate the intensity of received wave at a point on a screen

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the sum of all the waves arriving from all point sources in the aperture

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In a direction ΞΈ, the wave emitted from a point source at y is out of phase with the wave emitted from y=0 by how much

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kysinΞΈ

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What is the field of a wave emitted from a point source at y on an aperture

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𝛿𝐸 = 𝛿𝑦 exp(βˆ’π‘–π‘˜π‘¦π‘ π‘–π‘›πœƒ)

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What is the intensity I(πœƒ) on the screen for a single slit aperture of width b

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𝐼 (πœƒ) = 𝐼0 [sin 𝛽/𝛽]^2 = 𝐼0 sinc^2𝛽

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what is the formula for sinc𝛽

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sin𝛽/𝛽

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What is the formula for 𝛽 where the wave approaches the slit at an angle i

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𝛽=1/2 kb sinπœƒ = πœ‹/πœ† 𝑏 (sin i + sin πœƒ)

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(in words) what is 𝛽

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half the phase shift at angle theta across the aperture b

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In single slit diffraction what is happening at the first zero?

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the ray from the centre of the slit exactly cancels the edge ray due to the Ξ»/2 path difference and so on across the half slit

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What are the conditions for minima from single slit diffraction

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I(πœƒ) = 0 when sin𝛽=0
𝛽 = +-mpi
sinπœƒ = mΞ»/b

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what are the conditions for maxima from single slit diffraction

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𝛽=0 or when we minimise sinc^2𝛽
sin𝛽=0 or tan𝛽=𝛽

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Describe the fourier approach to fraunhofer diffraction from a slit

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it is the fourier transform of a rect function which is the sinc function, hence the irradiance is sinc^2

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what is the fourier transform pair of a delta function

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what is the fourier transform pair of exp(iw0t)

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2pi delta(w-w0)

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what is the fourier transform pair of cos(w0t)
pi [delta(w-w0)+delta(w-w0)]
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what is the fourier transform pair of sin(w0t)
pi/i[-delta(w-w0)+delta(w-w0)]
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what is the fourier transform pair of rect(t/T) top hat
Tsinc(Tw/2)
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what is the fourier transform pair of exp(-t^2/2T^2) gaussian
Tsqrt(2pi) exp(-T^2w^2/2)
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What happens for Fraunhofer diffraction from 2 slits
the rapidly varying double-slit interference pattern is modulated by the single slit diffraction pattern which then functions as an envelope to the whole pattern
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How can we think of two slit diffraction using the fourier method
the two slits are two rect functions
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what is 𝛽 for multi slit diffraction
𝛽 = πœ‹π‘ sin πœƒ/πœ†
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When the slit separation is a, what is 𝛼 for multislit diffraction
𝛼 = πœ‹π‘Ž sin πœƒ/πœ†
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For 2 slit diffraction, with slit width b and separation a, what happens when a=b
the 2 slits become a single slit of width 2b
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In diffraction patterns when does a missing order appear?
When the minimum of the single slit diffraction pattern overlaps a maximum of the multi slit interference
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in terms of a and 𝛼, what are the conditions for missing orders
π‘Ž = (𝑝/π‘š) 𝑏 or 𝛼 = (𝑝/π‘š) 𝛽
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Considering N long narrow parallel slits of width d and centre to centre separation a, how do we find the diffraction pattern
integrate over one slit N times
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What is the N slit diffraction pattern
I(πœƒ) = 𝐼0(sin^2 𝛽/𝛽^2)^2 (sin 𝑁𝛼/sin 𝛼)^2 where I0 is the flux density in the normal direction from any slit
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What is I(0) for multislit diffraction
N^2I(0)
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For multislit diffraction, when do principle maxima occur
alpha = 0, Β±pi, Β±pi, … or, equivalently, when π‘Ž sin πœƒπ‘š = π‘šπœ†, π‘š = 0, Β±1, Β±2
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What is a diffraction grating
an N slit device where N is very large and a/d is small
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How many subsidary maxima are seen in the N slit diffraction pattern
N-2
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How can we think of an N slit as a convolution
a convolution of a single slit with N delta functions
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Describe diffraction from a rectangular aperture
The diffracted field is a sinc in x and y because the fourier transform of a rect function is a sinc
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Describe diffraction from a circular aperture
it yields a diffracted airy pattern involving the bessel function Jn(u)
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What is the radius of the airy disc
1.22Rπœ†/2a R is dist to screen a is aperture radius