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courses-lumenlearning-com-3920		Limits of Resolution: The Rayleigh Criterion | Physics			.html	text/html	3340	252	71	It can be shown that, for a circular aperture of diameter D, the first minimum in the diffraction pattern occurs at [latex]\theta=1.22\frac{\lambda}{D}\\[/latex] (providing the aperture is large compared with the wavelength of light, which is the case for most optical instruments). where λ is the wavelength of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) and D is the diameter of the aperture, lens, mirror, etc., with which the two objects are observed. The Rayleigh criterion stated in the equation [latex]\theta=1.22\frac{\lambda}{D}\\[/latex] gives the smallest possible angle θ between point sources, or the best obtainable resolution. This occurs for two point objects separated by the angle [latex]\theta=1.22\frac{\lambda}{D}\\[/latex], where λ is the wavelength of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) and D is the diameter of the aperture, lens, mirror, etc. (a) What is the angle between two just-resolvable points of light for a 3.00-mm-diameter pupil, assuming an average wavelength of 550 nm?	./cache/courses-lumenlearning-com-3920.html	./txt/courses-lumenlearning-com-3920.txt