supercollimation
supercollimation noun: the focusing of radiation into a finite-width beam that shows very little diffraction.
Noun
supercollimation (usually uncountable, plural supercollimations)
- The focusing of radiation into a finite-width beam that shows very little diffraction.
- In photonic crystals, such thresholdless #92;mathcal#123;PT#125; transitions are shown to yield significant control over the band structure of the system, and can result in all-angle supercollimation, a #92;mathcal#123;PT#125;-superprism effect, and unidirectional behavior..2016, Alexander Cerjan, Aaswath Raman, Shanhui Fan, “Exceptional contours and band structure design in parity-time symmetric photonic crystals”, in arXiv
Forms of supercollimation
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Origin of supercollimation
From super- + collimation.
Questions about supercollimation
- What does supercollimation mean?
- Supercollimation means the focusing of radiation into a finite-width beam that shows very little diffraction.
- What part of speech is supercollimation?
- Supercollimation is a noun.
- What is the plural of supercollimation?
- The plural of supercollimation is supercollimations.
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