Explanatory images for the Tutorial Applet Based on the Half-Wave Zone Model: Visualizing Near-Field Single-Slit Diffraction
Heatmap for the case of a horizontally oriented slit:
b=15, λ=1 yo=40, xo=8, Coloring: c=4
Heat map for the case of a vertically oriented slit:
b=15, λ=1 xo=90, yo=10, Coloring: c=1
Resultant phasors and amplitudes for half-period zones at point A(x, y), calculated using the Kirchhoff diffraction integral for a horizontal slit, with zone dimensions determined according to the proposed model.
Same vector diagram, but..
Resultant phasors and amplitudes for half-period zones at point A(x, y), calculated using the Kirchhoff diffraction integral for a vertical slit, with zone dimensions determined according to the proposed model.
Three distinct classes of extremal point trajectories, represented by hyperbolic- hyperbolic, parabolic, and focal implicit curves.
Hyperbolic curves are, as it were, curves of constructive and destructive interference of 2 sources (☀) located at the ends of the slit.
Previous figure with a Heatmap of the diffraction field superimposed.