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It is possible to approximate to a zone-plate without irrational radii, by the use of short runs of evenly spaced rings joining one another. The manufacture of such a zone-plate, which satisfies the Rayleigh ¼ λ criterion, is described.
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G. L. Rogers (1966) studied this question.
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