Intensity calculation using Fresnel zones

Obstacles

Fresnel Diffraction due to a circular aperture

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Problem on a circular hole

Q. Plane monochromatic radiation of wavelength 15000 A falls
normally on a circular hole in a opaque sheet. Find the smallest
radius of the hole for which the intensity at an axial field P, 1 m
away, is 3 times the incident intensity.
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Fresnel diffraction by a circular obstacle

A circular obstacle

Fresnel diffraction and Poisson spot

Sum of Fresnel half-zones

Sum of first m half-zones (m odd):

Due to the obliquity factor, which is a nonlinear function and falls

sharply as increases, we have

Also,

Sum of first m half-zones (m even):

For m very large

Source & image locations in Fresnel diffraction

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Primary focal length

Other focal lengths