Homogeneous and evanescent contributions in scalar near-field diffraction
- 10 June 1995
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 34 (17) , 3055-3063
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.34.003055
Abstract
The contributions of homogeneous and evanescent waves to two-dimensional near-field diffraction patterns of scalar optical fields are examined in detail. The total plane-integrated intensities of the two contributions are introduced as convenient measures of their relative importance. As an example, the diffraction of a plane wave by a slit is considered.Keywords
This publication has 22 references indexed in Scilit:
- Near-field magneto-optics and high density data storageApplied Physics Letters, 1992
- Near-Field Optics: Microscopy, Spectroscopy, and Surface Modification Beyond the Diffraction LimitScience, 1992
- Wave Theory for a Converging Spherical Incident Wave in an Infinite-aperture SystemJournal of Modern Optics, 1991
- The Contributions of Homogeneous and Evanescent Plane Waves to the Scalar Optical Field: Exact Diffraction FormulaeJournal of Modern Optics, 1991
- Near-field optical-scanning microscopyJournal of Applied Physics, 1986
- Microscopy and pattern generation with scanned evanescent wavesApplied Optics, 1984
- Fourier treatment of near-field scalar diffraction theoryAmerican Journal of Physics, 1979
- Band-limited angular-spectrum approximation to a spherical scalar wave fieldJournal of the Optical Society of America, 1975
- Contribution of the inhomogeneous waves in angular-spectrum representationsOptics Communications, 1973
- Bandlimited angular spectrum approximation to a scalar dipole fieldOptics Communications, 1970