General diffraction properties of aperiodic slit arrays
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| author | Ferreira, Thiago de Souza Jonathan, Daniel Khoury, Antonio Z. Tasca, Daniel S. |
| author_facet | Ferreira, Thiago de Souza Jonathan, Daniel Khoury, Antonio Z. Tasca, Daniel S. |
| contents | Fraunhofer diffraction plays a vital role in experimental physics not only because it accurately describes the behaviour of light in the usual propagation limit, but also because it links the diffracted light with the scattering object through one of the most important mathematical transformations in physics: the Fourier transform. Acting as a probe in material characterisation as well as used as a tool for particle trapping or sensing, the pattern of interference maxima resulting from the Fraunhofer diffraction through periodic scattering is an ubiquitous routine. In this paper we analyse the Fraunhofer diffraction resulting from the much less studied aperiodic scatter of the light. We provide general conditions for the experimental observation of the peaks of interference maxima featured into patterns that display periodic structures on a number of distance scales. Our theoretical analysis is supported by thorough experimental demonstrations. |
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| spellingShingle | General diffraction properties of aperiodic slit arrays Ferreira, Thiago de Souza Jonathan, Daniel Khoury, Antonio Z. Tasca, Daniel S. Optics Classical Physics Quantum Physics Fraunhofer diffraction plays a vital role in experimental physics not only because it accurately describes the behaviour of light in the usual propagation limit, but also because it links the diffracted light with the scattering object through one of the most important mathematical transformations in physics: the Fourier transform. Acting as a probe in material characterisation as well as used as a tool for particle trapping or sensing, the pattern of interference maxima resulting from the Fraunhofer diffraction through periodic scattering is an ubiquitous routine. In this paper we analyse the Fraunhofer diffraction resulting from the much less studied aperiodic scatter of the light. We provide general conditions for the experimental observation of the peaks of interference maxima featured into patterns that display periodic structures on a number of distance scales. Our theoretical analysis is supported by thorough experimental demonstrations. |
| title | General diffraction properties of aperiodic slit arrays |
| topic | Optics Classical Physics Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06148 |