Distribution Formulation of Diffraction The Monochromatic Case
- 1 February 1969
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Journal of the Optical Society of America
- Vol. 59 (2) , 136-140
- https://doi.org/10.1364/josa.59.000136
Abstract
The diffraction due to a monochromatic source is treated with the use of mathematical distributions. A significant departure from the conventional literature on distributions is manifest in the choice of test functions. These latter are tailored to reflect the important physical properties of the specific problem of electromagnetic diffraction. In this context, we derive two original results. The satisfaction of Maxwell’s equations in the diffracted field is shown to be equivalent to an orthogonality condition on the boundary. The diffraction process is shown to be governed by a one-parameter group of diffraction operators.Keywords
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