Some treatments of this phenomenon remove symmetry from their solutions by adding an obliquity factor.
Some treatments of this phenomenon remove symmetry from their solutions by adding an obliquity factor. One theory of this phenomenon computes a solution by taking the Green's function of the Helmholtz equation, then plugging it into the Kirchhoff integral theorem. The formula "1.22 times lambda over D" gives the angular resolution caused by this phenomenon. This phenomenon can be modeled by viewing each point on a (*) wavefront as a source of a new spherical wave. For this phenomenon in a crystal, two times the lattice spacing times the sine of the incident angle equals an integer multiple of the wavelength. X-rays undergo this phenomenon in X-ray crystallography. Described by the Rayleigh criterion, Huygens' principle, and Bragg's Law, for 10 points, name this phenomenon in which light bends around an aperture or obstacle.
Some treatments of this phenomenon remove symmetry from their solutions by adding an obliquity factor.
diffraction [prompt on "interference"]