Cornu chord power normalization

ID: cornu-chord-power-normalization

Cornu chord power normalization by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
For normalized Fresnel integrals , an interval aperture contributes the chord between its two limiting points on the Cornu spiral. The full unobstructed field is , so its squared magnitude is2. Comparing to only the half-plane limit instead of this full chord introduces a factor-of-four normalization error. The formula compares power at one observation point under the same illumination and propagation factors.

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