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The Fresnel–Kirchhoff theory is used to derive formulas which permit rapid calculation by personal computer of the radial distribution of irradiance in a Fresnel diffraction pattern behind a circular aperture illuminated by a plane wave. An experiment to measure the radial distribution of irradiance is described. The experimental results are in good, but not complete, agreement with the theory.
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D. S. Burch (1985) studied this question.
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