diffraction: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Physics LibreTexts - Diffraction of Waves. Oct 30, 2026
Add new Web site: California Institute of Technology - The Feynman Lectures on Physics - Diffraction. Apr 17, 2026
Add new Web site: Digital Commons at USU - The Effects of Materials and Profiles of Gratings on Diffraction Spectra (PDF). Jul 18, 2025
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Diffraction and interference of light. Jun 02, 2025
Add new Web site: Mustansiriyah University - Diffraction (PDF). Apr 11, 2025
Add new Web site: Purdue University - Department of Physics and Astronomy - The Wave Nature of Light: Interference and Diffraction (PDF). Feb 26, 2025
Add new Web site: Boston University Arts and Sciences - Physics - Diffraction; thin-film interference. Dec 07, 2024
Add new Web site: Scholars at Harvard - Interference and diffraction (PDF). Dec 07, 2024
Add new Web site: OpenStax - Physics - Diffraction - Understanding Diffraction and Interference. Oct 11, 2024
Add new Web site: Scholar at Harvard - Diffraction and resolution. Aug 30, 2024
Add new Web site: Massachusetts Institutte of Technology - Interference and Diffraction. Jul 20, 2024
Add new Web site: University of New South Wales - Physclips - Diffraction Experiments. Apr 25, 2024
Add new Web site: Live Science - Esophagus: Facts, Functions & Diseases. Mar 15, 2024
Add new Web site: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln - Diffraction. Aug 04, 2023
Add new Web site: Physics LibreTexts - Diffraction of Waves. Sep 30, 2022
Corrected display issue. Feb 28, 2020
Video explaining diffraction added. Aug 22, 2011
Added new Web site: Dept. Physics & Astronomy - Refraction and Diffraction. Jul 23, 2008
Added new Web site: University of Delaware - Shoaling, Refraction, and Diffraction of Waves. Jul 23, 2008
Added new Web site: Molecular Expressions - Diffraction of Light. Aug 10, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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