Timeline for Diffraction wavelength relationship
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| May 4, 2016 at 17:03 | comment | added | David Reishi | @Sammy gerbil, I was actually referring to the phenomenon generally in which physicists confuse diffraction and interference. It's very prevalent. I understand that Carl Witthoft may have been saying something else. | |
| May 4, 2016 at 16:55 | comment | added | sammy gerbil | @DavidReishi : People can take offence when you helpfully point out their mistakes, so I try to restrain myself when tempted to correct them. Carl Witthoft was saying that diffraction scales with wavelength, so I presume that is what he meant by saying that it does not depend of wavelength. | |
| May 4, 2016 at 16:32 | comment | added | David Reishi | @Sammy gerbil, I'm curious. What do you say when someone who's obviously knowledgeable says, "No, there's absolutely no relation between wavelength and diffraction." Do you say, "Excuse me, dear Sir or Madam, but I believe you may be using the word 'diffraction' to mean interference?" | |
| May 4, 2016 at 16:14 | history | edited | sammy gerbil | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 4, 2016 at 4:03 | comment | added | sammy gerbil | @ChrisWhite : Thanks, I am aware of that but I've never learnt how to use LaTex. I'm probably too set in my ways to change at my age! | |
| May 4, 2016 at 3:52 | comment | added | user10851 | Hi sammy. Note we have mathjax enabled on this site, so you can use latex-style markup to make math flow smoother. | |
| May 4, 2016 at 3:50 | history | edited | user10851 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 4, 2016 at 3:44 | history | edited | sammy gerbil | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 4, 2016 at 3:28 | history | answered | sammy gerbil | CC BY-SA 3.0 |