American Journal of Physics 65(7), 637-640 (1997).


Interference, diffraction, and refraction, via Dirac's notation

F. J. Duarte

Abstract

The diffraction grating equation and the law of refraction are derived, in the macroscopic domain, using a generalized interference equation derived via the application of Dirac's notation to classical optics.



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