Integral Representation of the Edge Diffracted Waves Along the Ray Path of the Transition Region

Umul, Yusuf Z.2016-04-282025-09-182016-04-282025-09-182008Umul, Y.Z. (2008). Integral representation of the edge diffracted waves along the ray path of the transition region. Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision, 25(9), 2149-2155. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.25.0021491084-75291520-8532https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.25.002149https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12416/12011Umul, Yusuf/0000-0001-9342-2728The expression of the edge diffracted fields, in terms of the Fresnel integral, is transformed into a path integral. The obtained integral considers the integration of the incident field along the ray path of the transition region. The similarities of the path integral with Kirchhoff's theory of diffraction and the modified theory of physical optics are examined. (C) 2008 Optical Society of America.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessIntegral Representation of the Edge Diffracted Waves Along the Ray Path of the Transition RegionIntegral representation of the edge diffracted waves along the ray path of the transition regionArticle10.1364/JOSAA.25.0021492-s2.0-56849100425