Umul, Yusuf Z.2016-04-272025-09-182016-04-272025-09-182008Umul, Y.Z. (2008). Alternative interpretation of the edge-diffraction phenomenon. Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision, 25(3), 582-587. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.25.0005821084-75291520-8532https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.25.000582https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12416/10942Umul, Yusuf/0000-0001-9342-2728An alternative interpretation of the phenomenon of edge diffraction is proposed according to a new separation of the Fresnel function. The subfields are investigated in the problem of diffraction of a plane wave by a perfectly conducting half-plane, and the results are compared numerically with other interpretations. (c) 2008 Optical Society of America.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessArticle10.1364/JOSAA.25.0005822-s2.0-41549169489