Research Article
An Analytical Study of the Diffraction of Light by a Circular Aperture Using Spherical Harmonics for
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Optical intensity resulting from a plane wave diffraction by a circular aperture using spherical harmonics for . (a, b) Optical intensity resulting along the optical axis for . (c, d) Optical intensity resulting in the geometrical focal plane for . (e, f) Optical intensity resulting along the boundary of the geometrical shadow for .
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