Sorry, I meant diffraction, not refraction (though x-rays pass through lithium metal, so they make x-ray optics out of it). For diffraction at inter-atomic distances, the light would be x-rays. The atoms would spread ever so slightly, and at a given diffraction angle, the light would be "redder". On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Dan Asimov <asimov@msri.org> wrote:
Are those visible wavelengths? (If not, then using false color images:) what would that look like?
On Mar 5, 2015, at 1:00 PM, Mike Stay <metaweta@gmail.com> wrote:
Only at wavelengths comparable to the inter-atomic distance, where refraction effects start to occur.
On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 12:36 PM, Dan Asimov <asimov@msri.org> wrote:
Suppose instead we have a solid, *flat* mirror that we rotate in its own plane about the center of the mirror.
Does this affect how it will reflect light, maybe in a very subtle way?
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