diffracted
Meaning
of Diffract
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
Examples
A light bulb of a flashlight seen through a transmissive grating, showing two diffracted orders.
After light interacts with the grating, the diffracted light is composed of the sum of interfering wave components emanating from each slit in the grating.
At any given point in space through which diffracted light may pass, the path length to each slit in the grating will vary.
By controlling the cross-sectional profile of the grooves, it is possible to concentrate most of the diffracted energy in a particular order for a given wavelength.
As the physical properties of this direct light have changed, interference with the diffracted light occurs, resulting in the phase contrast image.
In effect, all three incident beams interact (essentially) simultaneously to form several real-time holograms, resulting in a set of diffracted output waves that phase up as the "time-reversed" beam.