diffraction
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To address this, the researchers used tensor-polarization holography theory along with a convolutional neural network to recover all three types of data from diffraction intensity images.
From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026
His research showed that plasma around the pulsar bends and spreads electromagnetic waves through diffraction, helping form the pattern.
From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026
But its use in microscopy has been limited by a fundamental constraint known as the diffraction limit.
From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 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
Many properties of light, including diffraction, are naturally explained by the wave theory, and in subsequent years Huygens’ view carried the day.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing diffraction
Give Me a Break!: Fract and Frag
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