Babinet's principle

In physics, Babinet's principle[1] states that the diffraction pattern from an opaque body is identical to that from a hole of the same size and shape except for the overall forward beam intensity. It was formulated in the 1800s by French physicist Jacques Babinet.

A quantum version of Babinet's principle has been derived in the context of quantum networks.[2]

  1. ^ M. Born and E. Wolf, Principles of Optics, 1999, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  2. ^ State transfer in highly connected networks and a quantum Babinet principle, D. I. Tsomokos, M. B. Plenio, I. de Vega, and S. F. Huelga, Phys. Rev. A 78, 062310 (2008)