diffraction
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Using this concept, the team designed and experimentally demonstrated a three dimensional singular dielectric resonator capable of confining light below the diffraction limit in all three spatial dimensions.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
Conducting the experiment in an ultra-high vacuum kept the graphene surface clean, allowing the diffraction pattern to be observed more clearly.
From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026
Scientists later confirmed this effect with neutrons, helium atoms, and even larger molecules, establishing matter-wave diffraction as a key principle of quantum mechanics.
From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026
The material can expand by as much as 5%, allowing researchers to directly form optical structures such as microlenses and diffraction gratings on its surface.
From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026
To decipher the structure of DNA, Wilkins had decided to corral a set of biophysical techniques invented in nearby Cambridge—crystallography and X-ray diffraction.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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