diffraction
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The neural network is trained using two complementary diffraction images, one captured with a vertical polarizer and one without.
From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026
Watson became fascinated by the new technique of diffraction whereby X-rays were bounced off atoms to reveal their inner structures.
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025
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
One promising approach involves optical diffraction operators, thin plate-like structures that perform mathematical operations as light passes through them.
From Science Daily • Oct. 28, 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
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