Bragg's law

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Bragg's law

 (brăgz)
n.
The fundamental law of x-ray crystallography, nλ = 2dsinθ, where n is an integer, λ is the wavelength of a beam of x-rays incident on a crystal with lattice planes separated by distance d, and θ is the Bragg angle.

[After Sir William Henry Bragg and Sir William Lawrence Bragg.]
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Bragg's law

n
(General Physics) the principle that when a beam of X-rays of wavelength λ enters a crystal, the maximum intensity of the reflected ray occurs when sin θ = nλ/2d, where θ is the complement of the angle of incidence, n is a whole number, and d is the distance between layers of atoms
[C20: named after William and Lawrence Bragg]
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When a beam of broadband light wave is incident on FBG, the optical wave with the wavelength satisfying Bragg equation after modulation by Bragg grating is coupled by Bragg grating to the inverse transmission mode [20] and form Bragg equation of Bragg reflection wave:
The optical microscopy image in Figure 1(a) was taken in natural lighting conditions, revealing the iridescent-dependent Bragg reflection. We used the field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) to investigate the crystalline structure of the c-SCPhCs on the WLEDs.
In case of periodicity perturbation, the Bragg reflection becomes more complicated and gains great practical value [5].
[16.] Park, J., "High order plasmonic Bragg reflection in the metal-isulator-metal waveguide Bragg grating," Optics Express, Vol.
This negative effective group of refraction may be caused by wave interference from Bragg reflection.
If, for example [[tau].sub.0] = 0.1 [phi]s then in the case of Bragg reflection with b = [[gamma].sub.0]/ [[gamma].sub.h] = -2, the distance [L.sub.D] [approximately equal to] 64 cm, and in the symmetric Laue case generally [L.sub.D] [approximately equal to] 8 cm (here and further consider the reflection Si (220), [lambda] = 0.154 nm).
Precious opal is composed of equallysized silica spheres in a closely-packed lattice and displays variable colours with the angle of observation, depending on the diameter of the spheres, which may vary between 150 and 300 nm (the characteristic opal iridescence is caused by Bragg reflection from the lattice planes, similar to that of Denisyuk volume reflection holograms and Lippmann photographs).
The [lambda]/3 peak is minimized using Bragg reflection from polycrystalline bismuth.
Crystal size distribution drastically decreases at Bragg reflection, 2[theta] = 28.69[degrees], with an increase in Pani content.
Further, we can maximize d to 0.314 nm by choosing the {111} Bragg reflection for the interferometer (hence [lambda] = 0.514 nm) to further enhance [PHI] and reduce [DELTA][PHI]/[PHI].
The integrated intensity for a magnetic Bragg reflection is given (for a simple collinear magnetic structure) by (61)
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