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Possible approaches to thermal wave based measurement of thermal diffu
sivity are considered. The calculation of the transverse photodeflecti
on signal in the framework of wave optics prove to be a more accurate
approach compared to that of geometrical optics. The influence of the
account of wave optical effects on the accuracy of the thermal diffusi
vity determination is theoretically analyzed under various conditions.