Fraunhofer

Fraunhofer, German pronunciation: [ˈfraʊnhoːfɐ], may refer to:

• Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787–1826), German physicist
• Fraunhofer (crater), a lunar crater
• Fraunhofer Society (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft), a large German research organization with 60 institutes throughout Germany
• Fraunhofer diffraction, far-field diffraction
• Fraunhofer lines, spectral lines of the Sun
• Fraunhofer distance, between near field and far field