In Thomas Young’s famous double-slit diffraction experiment, an optical wave propagates into two narrow slits, and a diffraction pattern behind the slits reveals the wave nature of light. To be ...

X-ray diffraction measurements under laser-driven dynamic compression allow researchers to investigate the atomic structure of matter at hundreds of thousands of atmospheres of pressure and ...

Lasers are predominantly used as diagnostic tools or as energy sources in scientific research exploration. Controlling the profile of a laser beam in space and time is an important research challenge ...

A specialized instrument called the flexible imaging diffraction diagnostic for laser experiments (FIDDLE) has ...

The double-slit experiment, first performed by [Thomas Young] in 1801 provided the first definitive proof of the dual wave-particle nature of photons. A similar experiment can be performed that shows ...

How a 3D-printed design can create a diffraction pattern in a simple science experiment about optics.

This article is an extended version of the article “The double-slit experiment” that appeared in the September 2002 issue of Physics World (p15). It has been further extended to include three letters ...

4D STEM is currently used in many TEM projects and is for sure on every electron microscopist’s “must-watch” list. Recent advancements in TEM technology, particularly the hybrid-pixel direct electron ...