diffraction

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Each sensor records diffraction patterns, which describe how light waves spread after interacting with an object.

From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2026

Instead of focusing light through glass, the system uses an array of coded sensors placed at different locations within a diffraction plane.

From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 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

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

But he acknowledged that manifestations such as diffraction, interference, and scattering were inescapably wavelike.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik