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From Huygens' Principle to the Sommerfeld Diffraction Formula

Since 1678 Huygens proposed Huygens' Principle, Fresnel, Kirchhoff, Sommerfeld and so on had improved this
principle，which reflects the scientific research of the development process form the qualitative, semi-quantitative precision to the quantitative phase. In order to accurately understand the Huygens- Fresnel's principle, and also to grasp the objective laws of scientific development, it is necessary for further knowing the history of development of the Huygens' principle.   

  1. Department of Physics, Zhaotong Teachers College, Zhaotong, Yunnan 657000, China
  • Received:2011-12-09 Revised:2012-01-10 Online:2012-04-15 Published:2012-04-15

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Abstract:

Since 1678 Huygens proposed Huygens' Principle, Fresnel, Kirchhoff, Sommerfeld and so on had improved this
principle，which reflects the scientific research of the development process form the qualitative, semi-quantitative precision to the quantitative phase. In order to accurately understand the Huygens- Fresnel's principle, and also to grasp the objective laws of scientific development, it is necessary for further knowing the history of development of the Huygens' principle.

Key words: diffraction, Huygens - Fresnel principle, Kirchhoff diffraction formula, Sommerfeld diffraction formula

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