Abstract

The effects of diffraction and interference on the images of sharp edges and slits viewed through amplitude diffraction gratings have been measured. The parameters investigated were grating line pitch, object-plane to grating-plane distance, and width of object slit. Microdensitometer tracings and isodensitograms of representative examples are included in the paper.

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Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of a New Type of Blazed Grating*

Armand Wirgin and Roger Deleuil
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 59(10) 1348-1357 (1969)

Radiance of Rectangular-Profile Gratings in S Polarization*

Frederick W. Phelps and C. Harvey Palmer
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 59(7) 812-817 (1969)

Diffraction of Gaussian Laser Beams by a Semi-Infinite Plane

J. E. Pearson, T. C. McGill, S. Kurtin, and A. Yariv
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Optimization of a 4-m Asymmetric Czerny–Turner Spectrograph*

Prince E. Rouse, Berlyn Brixner, and John V. Kline
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Image Reconstruction from a Fraunhofer X-Ray Hologram with Visible Light*

John W. Giles
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