Methoden vergleichen

	Fourier-Optik	Strahl-Ausbreitungsmethode
Fachgebiet	Optik	Optik
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Entstehungsjahr	1822	1978
Urheber	Joseph Fourier and Ernst Abbe	Michael Feit and John Fleck
Typ	Spectral decomposition method	Paraxial propagation algorithm
Wegweisende Quelle	Goodman, J. W. (1968). Introduction to Fourier Optics. McGraw-Hill.	Feit, M. D., & Fleck, J. A. (1978). Light propagation in graded-index optical fibers. Applied Optics, 17(24), 3990-3998.
Aliasnamen	frequency-domain optics, wave optics, diffraction theory	BPM, paraxial approximation method
Verwandt	3	3
Zusammenfassung	Fourier optics is a mathematical framework that analyzes optical systems and phenomena using Fourier transforms and frequency-domain methods. Grounded in Joseph Fourier's 1822 work on heat diffusion and Ernst Abbe's microscopy theory, this approach decomposes optical fields into plane waves or spatial frequencies, revealing how optical systems manipulate and filter these components to produce images and transmit information.	The Beam Propagation Method is a computational technique for simulating the propagation of optical beams through slowly varying, weakly guiding structures. Developed by Feit and Fleck in 1978, BPM exploits the paraxial approximation to reduce the full vector wave equation to a scalar or vector envelope equation, enabling efficient simulation of waveguides, integrated optics, and photonic devices.