Timeline
- Year
- 1873
- Release date
- Unknown
- Type
- principle
d = λ / (2NA)Fundamental wave opticsAperture size dependencyWavelength proportionalGoverns minimum feature size
Diffraction Limit
Physical limit on optical resolution due to wave nature of light, described by Ernst Abbe
Quality
- Confidence
- 75%
- Source authority
- primary
- Last verified
- Unknown
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