Waves in Focal Regions: Propagation, Diffraction and Focusing of Light, Sound and Water Waves

INTRODUCTION TO IMAGE FORMATION AND FOCUSING Brief history Applications Combined method of ray tracing and diffraction DIFFRACTION OF SCALAR WAVES Diffraction of three-dimensional waves Diffraction of two-dimensional waves Ray connection of Huygens principle Numerical methods for evaluating diffraction integrals ASYMPTOTIC THEORIES OF DIFFRACTION Method of stationary phase for single integrals Method of stationary phase for double integrals Asymptotic theory of diffraction for two-dimensional waves Asymptotic theory of diffraction for three-dimensional waves FOCUSING OF SCALAR WAVES Three-dimensional waves Two-dimensional waves Computation of focused fields DIFFRACTION AND FOCUSING OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES Diffraction theory Focusing problems ZONE-PLATE LENSES OF SOUND Zone-plate lenses for sound waves in water Zone-plate lens for focusing of ocean swells FOCUSING OF WATER WAVES Linear waves Nonlinear waves REFERENCES INDEX