Exploring Fresnel diffraction at a straight edge with a neural network. (1st May 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Finot, Christophe; Boscolo, Sonia
• Is Part Of: European journal of physics. Volume 43:Number 3(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-05-01
• Subjects: Fresnel diffraction -- neural network -- machine learning; Physics -- Periodicals; Physics -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Europe -- Periodicals; 530
• DOI: 10.1088/1361-6404/ac5bec
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0143-0807

Abstract

Abstract: We describe a research project carried out with a group of undergraduate physics students and aimed at exploring the use of a neural network to study a classical problem in wave optics whose analytical solution is well known: the diffraction of light by the straight edge of an opaque semi-infinite screen. Through this exposure to machine learning, the students were able to appreciate the basic steps involved in a machine-learning process.