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    limited only by diffraction and not by aberrations or other imperfections in the construction. For microscopic instruments, the diffraction-limited spatial...
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    Airy disk (redirect from Diffraction blur)
    aperture can make, limited by the diffraction of light. The Airy disk is of importance in physics, optics, and astronomy. The diffraction pattern resulting...
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    the contrast at spatial frequencies near the diffraction limit of 500 cycles/mm is diffraction-limited. Close observation of the image in panel (f) shows...
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    system is limited by diffraction to the ratio of the wavelength of the waves to the aperture width. For this reason, high resolution imaging systems such...
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    coined the word diffraction and was the first to record accurate observations of the phenomenon in 1660. In classical physics, the diffraction phenomenon is...
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    refract the light or change focal length. Instead, they create a diffraction limited system, which has an increased depth of field, similar to using a small...
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    overview of electron diffraction and electron diffraction patterns, collective referred to by the generic name electron diffraction. This includes aspects...
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    Powder diffraction is a scientific technique using X-ray, neutron, or electron diffraction on powder or microcrystalline samples for structural characterization...
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    buffers, and other interferences. Because a Raman microscope is a diffraction-limited system, its spatial resolution depends on the wavelength of light, the...
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    The resolution of a telescope is limited by the size of the main mirror, due to the effects of Fraunhofer diffraction. This results in images of distant...
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