diffraction

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This effectively compressed the light into a region much smaller than its wavelength, allowing it to bypass the diffraction limit and reveal much finer details.

From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026

The team also conducted detailed materials analysis and neutron diffraction experiments at ORNL's Spallation Neutron Source, a DOE Office of Science user facility.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

Each sensor records diffraction patterns, which describe how light waves spread after interacting with an object.

From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2026

There, he became interested in the new technique of diffraction, in which X-rays were bounced off atoms to reveal their inner structures.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

Though I knew nothing about the X-ray diffraction techniques that dominated structural analysis, I was optimistic that the spoken arguments would be more comprehensible than the journal articles, which passed over my head.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson