3. Explanatory images for the Tutorial Applet Based on the Half-Wave Zone Model: Visualizing Near-Field Single-Slit Diffraction

Explanatory images for the Tutorial Applet Based on the Half-Wave Zone Model: Visualizing Near-Field Single-Slit Diffraction
[size=85][b]Heatmap for the case of a horizontally oriented slit:
[/b] b=15, λ=1 yo=40, xo=8, Coloring:   c=4  [/size]
Heatmap for the case of a horizontally oriented slit: b=15, λ=1 yo=40, xo=8, Coloring: c=4
[size=85][b]Heat map for the case of a vertically oriented slit[/b]:  
  b=15, λ=1 xo=90, yo=10, Coloring:   c=1 [/size]
Heat map for the case of a vertically oriented slit: b=15, λ=1 xo=90, yo=10, Coloring: c=1
[size=85]  Resultant phasors and amplitudes for half-period zones at point A(x, y), calculated using the Kirchhoff diffraction integral for a [i]horizontal[/i] slit, with zone dimensions determined according to the proposed model.[/size]
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.
[size=85]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 [i]vertical slit[/i], with zone dimensions determined according to the proposed model.  [/size]
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.
[size=85]  Three distinct classes of extremal point trajectories, represented by [color=#ff0000]hyperbolic-[/color][color=#0000ff] hyperbolic[/color], [color=#bf9000]parabolic[/color], and [color=#ff00ff]focal[/color] implicit curves. 
  Hyperbolic curves are, as it were, curves of [b][i][color=#ff0000]constructive[/color][/i][/b] and [b][i][color=#0000ff]destructive[/color][/i][/b] interference of 2 sources ([b][color=#ff0000]☀[/color][/b])  located at the ends of the slit.[/size]
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.
[size=85] Previous figure with a [b]Heatmap[/b] of the diffraction field superimposed.[/size]
Previous figure with a Heatmap of the diffraction field superimposed.
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