"With crystals we are in a situation similar……" — Max von Laue
"With crystals we are in a situation similar to an attempt to investigate an optical grating merely from the spectra it produces... But a knowledge of the positions and intensities of the spectra does not suffice for the determination of the structure. The phases with which the diffracted waves vibrate relative to one another enter in an essential way. To determine a crystal structure on the atomic scale, one must know the phase differences between the different interference spots on the photographic plate, and this task may certainly prove to be rather difficult."
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Max von Laue
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7 Quotes by Max von Laue
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Notwithstanding these major arguments the wave theory initially did not meet with complete acceptance.
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For as long as one has no further point of reference, apart from the position of the maximum, the wavelength…
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For in 1900 all electromagnetic radiation of longer wavelengths was already known at least to the extent that one could…
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There is no doubt that I, also, had long been aware of the problem, i.e. producing X-ray interferences, before the…
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If diffraction or interference phenomena were to be sought it was therefore necessary, in accordance with the basic principles of…
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For both reasons, owing to the thermal motion and to the working together of various wavelengths, factors arise which, in…
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