Diffraction by a Wide Slit (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Since there already exist numerous investigations of the diffraction of scalar waves by a slit, the addition of another item to the literature requires some explanation. The purpose of the present note is to give an elementary and intuitive account of the diffraction by an infinite conducting plane with a slit. We consider specifically the case of electromagnetic waves whose electric field possesses only a single component, namely a component in the direction parallel to the edges of the slit. The results are also applicable to the acoustic pro~ blem, for soft screens. It is found that the results for large slit widths can be expressed approximately in terms of simple well-known functions and that these approximations are more accurate than those conveniently obtainable by previous procedures.

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