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phase-displacement

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  • By interposing in the paths of the direct ray a so-called "phase-plate" which either further increases the phase-displacement to half a light-wavelength or smooths it out completely, Zernike attained the desired effect, so that the two rays either extinguish or reinforce each other.

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1953 - Presentation Speech 1964

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