Abstract
Huygens' construction for the propagation of a wave front using secondary wavelets gives rise to a paradox, that a backward travelling wave is predicted, but this wave does not exist. This paradox is resolved by postulating two wavelets that cancel in the backward direction. Kirchhoff's diffraction integral is examined in the light of this postulate.
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
General Physics and Astronomy
Cited by
3 articles.
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