Optical Resolution Topic 11.4

Explain the picture! http://www.flickr.com/photos/picture_taking__fool/57226670/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/liao/160908421/

A bit of recall http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/phyopt/sinslit.html

What if we have two sources? http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cms/astro/cosmos/R/Rayleigh+Criterion

Case 2 http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cms/astro/cosmos/R/Rayleigh+Criterion

Case 3 http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cms/astro/cosmos/R/Rayleigh+Criterion

Applications Optical microscope Electron microscope http://www.flickr.com/photos/tz1_1zt/112072422 / http://www.flickr.com/photos/jotequila/2546898672/

Optical microscope

Electron microscope

Applications Optical microscope Electron microscope http://www.flickr.com/photos/burge5000/22608723/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/empics/173360139/

Optical microscope

Electron microscope

Applications (II) Optical telescope Radio telescope http://www.flickr.com/photos/ubookworm/19317922/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfcat_aus/2366422944/

Optical telescope

Radio telescope