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diffraction

[dih-frak-shuhn] / dɪˈfræk ʃən /


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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

This level of detail was not accessible using traditional diffraction or scanning probe techniques.

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

But its use in microscopy has been limited by a fundamental constraint known as the diffraction limit.

From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026

He had been collecting X-ray diffraction data from hemoglobin crystals for over ten years and was just beginning to get somewhere.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson




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