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Light Waves Visualized using Photon Sieves.
Huygens Optics
Huygens Optics shows how DIY photon sieves shape a laser's wave front, explaining how they differ from zone plates and how aperture count affects the focal point, with time-resolved visualizations of the diffraction.
HN points to it for a clear explanation of photon sieves versus Fresnel lenses and for showing what interference patterns actually look like.
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