The transverse diffraction profile (Fig. 1b) at each radial position, denoted qr, in the vicinity of an in-plane Bragg peak is the Fourier transform of the shape of the crystal with that ...

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The experiment showed that Bohr was definitely correct when he argued for complementarity, and that Einstein had got it wrong ...

Cool, but not that new. So what about using diffraction with infrared light? Yes, that would be cool, but we can't really see infrared (well, there is a body hack for this).

Diffraction gratings like these have a number of other uses as well; the video also shows a specific pattern being used to focus a telescope for astrophotography, and a few others in the past have ...

A variety of ultrathin nanomechanical diffraction gratings that have been fashioned from the “wonder material” graphene have been created by an international team of researchers. The team wanted to ...

Negative circuits As with most negative-index phenomena, the key to producing the near-field refocusing effect is to develop the metamaterial. Intrigued by the prospect of beating the diffraction ...

In many industries, laser diffraction is used to perform routine particle size analysis. The power of laser diffraction is such that it has started to replace conventional techniques, such as sieving.

The effect of a diffraction grating is similar to that created by photonic crystal structures: the source for that gorgeous flash of iridescent color in peacock feathers, opals, and the wings of ...