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	बीम प्रोपेगेशन मेथड (Beam Propagation Method)	फूरियर प्रकाशिकी
क्षेत्र	प्रकाशिकी	प्रकाशिकी
परिवार	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
उद्भव वर्ष	1978	1822
प्रवर्तक	Michael Feit and John Fleck	Joseph Fourier and Ernst Abbe
प्रकार	Paraxial propagation algorithm	Spectral decomposition method
मौलिक स्रोत	Feit, M. D., & Fleck, J. A. (1978). Light propagation in graded-index optical fibers. Applied Optics, 17(24), 3990-3998.	Goodman, J. W. (1968). Introduction to Fourier Optics. McGraw-Hill.
उपनाम	BPM, paraxial approximation method	frequency-domain optics, wave optics, diffraction theory
संबंधित	3	3
सारांश	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.	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.