diff --git a/doc/docs/Python_Tutorials/Cylindrical_Coordinates.md b/doc/docs/Python_Tutorials/Cylindrical_Coordinates.md index 5adc64a6b..c0c75cf59 100644 --- a/doc/docs/Python_Tutorials/Cylindrical_Coordinates.md +++ b/doc/docs/Python_Tutorials/Cylindrical_Coordinates.md @@ -615,6 +615,12 @@ print(scatt_power_m) ``` +The resulting `scatt_power_m` array is a table where each row `scatt_power_m[j,:]` corresponds to one angle, and +the columns `scatt_power_m[j,M]` is the sum of power contributions for `|m| ≤ M`. For `M` sufficiently large, +these sums become the same, because the scattering from a sphere is angle independent. For `M=5` are slight (≈2%) +discrepancies between angles due to primarily discretization errors (doubling the resolution more than halves this +error). + Focusing Properties of a Binary-Phase Zone Plate ------------------------------------------------