This process takes place the most efficiently at the blaze wavelength.
This process takes place the most efficiently at the blaze wavelength. How this process limits angular resolution is quantified by the Rayleigh criterion. Kirchhoff's formula for this process can be approximated in the near field and far field by the Fresnel and Fraunhofer equations, respectively. When this process is performed in a periodic structure such as a crystal, it is described by the formula "2 d sine theta equals n lambda," or Bragg's law. A series of slits forms a "grating" named for this process, and light waves underwent this process while going through slits in Young's double slit experiment. For 10 points, name this process, the bending of light around an object.
This process takes place the most efficiently at the blaze wavelength.
diffraction [or near-field diffraction; or far-field diffraction]