Measurable wavelengths

[Alan Chang]

In class, we discussed wavelengths that were so small that they were considered unmeasurable. However, I didn't quite catch the minimum value for which a wavelength is considered "measurable." Does anyone know this?

[annaspain]

The minimum measurable wavelength is 10^-18 nm.

[Samantha Chung 4I]

I remember towards the end of class, he said something about how a certain calculated wavelenght was larger than 10^-10(angstrom), and since we can "measure" the angstrom, we can measure that as well. So I am guessing he was referring to the Angstrom.

[Andie Jian 1D]

I think he said that the minimum detectable wavelength was 10^(-18) m

[Christopher Wendland 4F]

The smallest wavelength that we can measure is 10^-18 m.

[Dong Hyun Lee 4E]

The smallest detectable wavelength that we can get is 10^-18 because this is somewhat similar to Angstroms which are 10^-10. However anything smaller than this wavelength will be hard if not impossible to detect and it would be too small to be of any importance and that point. I'm going to guess that Lavelle will make it obvious what wavelengths would be "detectable" on his exams as in the example problem during class which was far smaller than 10^-18.