A team of physicists dispels Rayleigh's curse
Saturday, October 15, 2016 - 09:11
in Physics & Chemistry
The resolution of an optical system (like a telescope or a camera) is limited by the so-called Rayleigh criterion. An international team has broken this limit, showing that it is not a fundamental curse. This opens the door to considerable improvement in resolution and could force the revision of Optics textbooks.