diffractive
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These phase-only diffractive layers can be manufactured as passive, static optical structures/surfaces.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
The new diffractive robots are "going to blow that record out of the water," said Itai Cohen, professor of physics and co-author of the study.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 2, 2024
A cleverly arranged pattern of steps and angles on a glass surface can form a diffractive lens.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2023
To bypass this bottleneck, a few of us came up with the idea of revisiting an old technology called diffractive lenses.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2023
A corresponding hand-drawing, for which M. Thollon received in 1886 the Lalande Prize, exhibits, not the diffractive, but the prismatic spectrum as obtained with bisulphide of carbon prisms of large dispersive power.
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke
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