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> with resolutions higher than can typically be obtained with visible light microscopes But DVD lasers use visible light! The constraint on the resolution of
by denton-scratch 4y ago
> with resolutions higher than can typically be obtained with visible light microscopes
But DVD lasers use visible light!
The constraint on the resolution of an optical microscope is the wavelength of light, right? A scanning electron microscope has higher resolution because it doesn't suffer that constraint.
The article doesn't explain this improved resolution. In fact at no point does the article definitively say that this type of microscope can resolve things that no optical microscope can resolve.
- actionfromafar 4y agoWell, it says typically.
- denton-scratch 4y agoYes, I used the word "definitively" on purpose. I'm saying the article's claims for superior resolution use weasel words. "Typically" is such a weasel word.
- rolph 4y agohttps://www.textcompare.org/readability/weasel-words https://www.textcompare.org/readability/weasel-words
- raverbashing 4y agoA laser would be better than regular light, even at visible wavelengths "Regular light" is wideband and acts more erratically at the smallest dimensions
- denton-scratch 4y agoMakes sense.