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Going further

Books

• C. Hammond, The Basics of Crystallography and Diffraction, Oxford University Press 1997.
• R. Steadman, Crystallography, Van Nostrand Reinhold, student edition, 1982.
• J.S. Blakemore, Solid State Physics, Cambridge University Press, 1985.

Websites

• X-ray Diffraction
  A DoITPoMS teaching and learning package on the application of diffraction principles to X-ray diffraction.
• Optical Microscopy and Specimen Preparation
  A DoITPoMS teaching and learning package that demonstrates some microscopy techniques involving diffraction.
• Diffraction
  A MATTER module providing an in-depth look at diffraction, including optical, X-ray and electron diffraction.
• Molecular Expressions: Light and Color
  A lot of material on diffraction and interference, among many other topics, including interactive Java applets to help visualise the fundamentals of diffraction patterns, such as:
• Diffraction of Light
• Double Slit Interference
• How Lasers work Background information on LASERs on the Marshall Brain's HowStuffWorks website.

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