Supercollimation

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Noun
  1. 1
    The focusing of radiation into a finite-width beam that shows very little diffraction.

    "In photonic crystals, such thresholdless #92;mathcal#123;PT#125; transitions are shown to yield significant control over the band structure of the system, and can result in all-angle supercollimation, a #92;mathcal#123;PT#125;-superprism effect, and unidirectional behavior.."

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"In photonic crystals, such thresholdless #92;mathcal#123;PT#125; transitions are shown to yield significant control over the band structure of the system, and can result in all-angle supercollimation, a #92;mathcal#123;PT#125;-superprism effect, and unidirectional behavior.."

Etymology

From super- + collimation.

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