Consider a microscope that uses ultraviolet light of frequency f = 1.05 * 10 ^15 Hz. f = 1.05 * 10^15 Hz Ignoring the details of the optical system, what is the approximate size d, in meters, of the smallest feature observable through this microscope?

Consider a microscope that uses ultraviolet light of frequency f = 1.05 * 10 ^15 Hz. f = 1.05 * 10^15 Hz Ignoring the details of the optical system, what is the approximate size d, in meters, of the smallest feature observable through this microscope?

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Chapter27: Wave Optics

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Consider a microscope that uses ultraviolet light of frequency f = 1.05 * 10 ^15 Hz.

f = 1.05 * 10^15 Hz

Ignoring the details of the optical system, what is the approximate size d, in meters, of the smallest feature observable through this microscope?

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