diffraction

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The Rayleigh criterion in optics implies that the best angular resolution of a telescope is at the so-called “diffraction limit,” roughly the wavelength of light divided by the aperture diameter.

From Scientific American

Moreover, because many intracellular structures possibly formed by phase separation are so small, they are near what’s known as the diffraction limit of traditional light microscopes.

From Science Magazine

The advantage of producing single-frequency radiation, as in a spectral line, is that it can be focused to the maximum possible level, the so-called diffraction limit, yielding the brightest beam for its power.

From Scientific American

The principle behind this chocolaty magic is diffraction — when light interacts with a surface and is drawn or pulled apart.

From New York Times

Whereas the crystallographic restriction theorem asserted that crystals can possess only two-, three- four- or sixfold rotationally symmetry, the Bragg diffraction pattern of quasicrystals shows other symmetry orders—such as a fivefold symmetry.

From Scientific American