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  2. Ewald's sphere - Wikipedia

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    the diffraction angle for a given reflection, the reciprocal lattice of the crystal. It was conceived by Paul Peter Ewald, a German physicist and crystallographer. [1] Ewald himself spoke of the sphere of reflection. [2] It is often simplified to the two-dimensional "Ewald's circle" model or may be referred to as the Ewald sphere.

  3. Reflectarray antenna - Wikipedia

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    The reflection phase at each unit cell determines the overall beam shape and direction. Ideally, the total phase shift range would be 360°. [ 1 ] The aperture efficiency , and hence gain , of the reflectarray will be reduced if the angle of incidence to the unit cells is not considered, or if spillover occurs or illumination of the ...

  4. Cell wall - Wikipedia

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    Think of the cell wall as a wicker basket in which a balloon has been inflated so that it exerts pressure from the inside. Such a basket is very rigid and resistant to mechanical damage. Thus does the prokaryote cell (and eukaryotic cell that possesses a cell wall) gain strength from a flexible plasma membrane pressing against a rigid cell wall ...

  5. Reflection (physics) - Wikipedia

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    Reflection of light is either specular (mirror-like) or diffuse (retaining the energy, but losing the image) depending on the nature of the interface.In specular reflection the phase of the reflected waves depends on the choice of the origin of coordinates, but the relative phase between s and p (TE and TM) polarizations is fixed by the properties of the media and of the interface between them.

  6. Angle of incidence (optics) - Wikipedia

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    Focusing X-rays with glancing reflection. When dealing with a beam that is nearly parallel to a surface, it is sometimes more useful to refer to the angle between the beam and the surface tangent, rather than that between the beam and the surface normal. The 90-degree complement to the angle of incidence is called the grazing angle or glancing ...

  7. Diffuse reflection - Wikipedia

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    In real life terms what this means is that light is reflected off non-shiny surfaces such as the ground, walls, or fabric, to reach areas not directly in view of a light source. If the diffuse surface is colored , the reflected light is also colored, resulting in similar coloration of surrounding objects.

  8. Brewster's angle - Wikipedia

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    Using illumination by a laser at Brewster's angle to the interface and observation at the angle of reflection, the uniform liquid does not reflect, appearing black in the image. However any molecular layers or artifacts at the surface, whose refractive index or physical structure contrasts with the liquid, allows for some reflection against ...

  9. Rotations and reflections in two dimensions - Wikipedia

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    An xy-Cartesian coordinate system rotated through an angle to an x′y′-Cartesian coordinate system In mathematics, a rotation of axes in two dimensions is a mapping from an xy-Cartesian coordinate system to an x′y′-Cartesian coordinate system in which the origin is kept fixed and the x′ and y′ axes are obtained by rotating the x and ...