Cylindrical-sinc beam

Abstract

Propagation of diffracted beams in free space has already been identified. One possible solution is derived from the Helmholtz wave equation and this solution is named as cylindrical-sinc beam. Therefore, cylindrical-sinc beam is a new beam type which can be obtained from Helmholtz equation. Diffraction properties of this new beam type were observed from an opaque aperture screen. Additionally, geometrical theory of diffraction is used to determine numerical values of diffracted fields. This new beam type which does not exist in the literature was observed by using these methods passing through an opaque aperture. The obtained expression was analyzed numerically. Simulation results of the beam depending on the length of aperture and distance to the observation point were added. (C) 2014 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.