A Team of Physicists Dispels Rayleigh's Curse (IMAGE)

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

A Team of Physicists Dispels Rayleigh's Curse

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Optical resolution is the ability of an imaging system to distinguish between closely spaced objects. In the picture, we show two points separated by the Rayleigh's limit, as observed in the experiment.

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Martin Paúr - Palacký University.

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