Schaefer-Bergmann diffraction
Encyclopedia
Schaefer–Bergmann diffraction is the resulting diffraction
pattern of light interacting with sound waves in transparent crystal
s or glasses.
Diffraction
Diffraction refers to various phenomena which occur when a wave encounters an obstacle. Italian scientist Francesco Maria Grimaldi coined the word "diffraction" and was the first to record accurate observations of the phenomenon in 1665...
pattern of light interacting with sound waves in transparent crystal
Crystal
A crystal or crystalline solid is a solid material whose constituent atoms, molecules, or ions are arranged in an orderly repeating pattern extending in all three spatial dimensions. The scientific study of crystals and crystal formation is known as crystallography...
s or glasses.
See also
- http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=1076617
- http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PR/v52/i3/p223_1
- http://www.springerlink.com/content/j06655j2441p21g7/