ptychography

English

Etymology

From ptycho- (compare ptychonome) + -graphy, from Ancient Greek πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “fold”) + γράφειν (gráphein, “write”).

Noun

ptychography (uncountable)

1. (physics) A technique that aims to solve the diffraction-pattern phase problem by interfering adjacent Bragg reflections coherently and thereby determining their relative phase.
   • 2015, O.Yu. Gorobtsov, I.A. Vartanyants, “Phase of the transmitted wave in the dynamical theory and quasi-kinematical approximation”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     It was recently suggested that the transmitted phase can be directly measured in ptychography experiments performed on nanocrystal samples.

Related terms

• ptychographic
• ptychographical

Translations

Translations

• French: ptychographie (fr) f
• German: Ptychografie
• Polish: ptychografia f
• Russian: птихография (ptixografija)