Using the Rayleigh Criterion, One Concludes That Using Fixed Wavelength

question 13

Multiple Choice

Using the Rayleigh criterion, one concludes that using fixed wavelength light that it is not possible to resolve details less than about

• A)0.5 wavelength.
• B)0.1 wavelength.
• C)one wavelength.
• D)10 wavelengths.
• E)122 wavelengths.

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