Fresnel (disambiguation)

Fresnel commonly refers to physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel.

Fresnel may also refer to:

• Fulgence Fresnel (1795–1855), a French Orientalist and brother of Augustin-Jean Fresnel
• Fresnel equations, describing light reflection and refraction
• Huygens-Fresnel principle, a description of wave propagation
• Fresnel diffraction (or Fresnel pattern), describing wave propagation through an aperture
  • Fresnel integral, functions related to Fresnel diffraction
  • Fresnel number, a dimensionless parameter in diffraction theory
  • Fresnel zone, a pattern of radiation resulting from Fresnel diffraction
  • Fresnel zone plate, a plate which focuses light by Fresnel diffraction
    • Fresnel imager, a proposed design for a space telescope that uses Fresnel zone plates
  • Fresnel diffraction mirror, an atomic mirror utilizing Fresnel diffraction
• Fresnel lens, an efficient lens originally developed for lighthouses
  • Hyperradiant Fresnel lens, a now-obsolete very large Fresnel lens
  • Fresnel lantern, a theatre spotlight incorporating a Fresnel lens
• Fresnel rhomb, a plate that circularly polarizes light
• Fresnel (unit of frequency), a formerly-used unit equal to one terahertz.
• Fresnel drag coefficient, a parameter used in early attempts to explain the constant speed of light
• Rimae Fresnel, an escarpment on the moon