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Optical Nearfield of Ultrasonic Light Diffraction

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Contrary to the widely held view which assumes 1932 as the year of the birth of ultrasonic light diffraction, the origin of this field dates well back into the 19th century.

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  1. Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, Germany

    R. Reibold

  2. Inst. of Experimental Physics, University of Gdansk, Poland

    P. Kwiek

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  1. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Campus Kortrijk, Kortrijk, Belgium

    Oswald Leroy

  2. The National Center for Physical Acoustics, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi, USA

    Mack A. Breazeale

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Reibold, R., Kwiek, P. (1991). Optical Nearfield of Ultrasonic Light Diffraction. In: Leroy, O., Breazeale, M.A. (eds) Physical Acoustics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9573-1_12

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