diffraction
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The particles then traveled through three diffraction gratings generated by ultraviolet laser beams.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
This method involves scanning a nanoscale beam of high energy electrons across the material and recording the diffraction patterns that result.
From Science Daily • May 4, 2026
"We do this in a sequential way, and at each position, we acquire a diffraction pattern," Zhu explains.
From Science Daily • May 4, 2026
They successfully demonstrated matter-wave diffraction in a beam of positronium.
From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026
The first real clue to the nature of Venus came from work with a prism made of glass or a flat surface, called a diffraction grating, covered with fine, regularly spaced, ruled lines.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing diffraction
Give Me a Break!: Fract and Frag
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Waves and Wave Properties - Middle School
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