and weaker, if the anti-nodes are shifted between the planes. The standing wave shifts from one condition to the other on each side of the Darwin plateau which gives the latter an asymmetric shape. Applications X-ray diffraction Neutron diffraction Electron diffraction and transmission electron microscopy Structure determination in crystallography grazing incidence diffraction X-ray standing waves neutron and X-ray interferometry. synchrotron crystal optics neutron and X-ray diffraction topography X-ray imaging Crystal monochromators Electronic band structures See also Volume hologram Further reading J. Als-Nielsen, D. McMorrow: Elements of Modern X-ray physics. Wiley, 2001 (chapter 5: diffraction by perfect crystals). André Authier: Dynamical theory of X-ray diffraction. IUCr monographs on crystallography, no. 11. Oxford University Press (1st edition 2001/ 2nd edition 2003). . R. W. James: The Optical Principles of the Diffraction of X-rays. Bell., 1948. M. von Laue: Röntgenstrahlinterferenzen. Akademische Verlagsanstalt, 1960 (German). Z. G. Pinsker: Dynamical Scattering of X-Rays in Crystals. Springer, 1978. B. E. Warren: X-ray diffraction. Addison-Wesley, 1969 (chapter 14: perfect crystal theory). W. H. Zachariasen: Theory of X-ray Diffraction in Crystals. Wiley, 1945. Boris W. Batterman, Henderson Cole: Dynamical Diffraction of X Rays by Perfect Crystals. Reviews of Modern Physics, Vol. 36, No. 3, 681-717, July 1964. H. Rauch, D. Petrascheck, “Grundlagen für ein Laue-Neutroneninterferometer Teil 1: Dynamische Beugung”, AIAU 74405b, Atominstitut der Österreichischen Universitäten, (1976) H. Rauch, D. Petrascheck, “Dynamical neutron diffraction and its application” in “Neutron Diffraction”, H. Dachs, Editor. (1978), Springer-Verlag: Berlin Heidelberg New York. p. 303. K.-D. Liss: "Strukturelle Charakterisierung und Optimierung der Beugungseigenschaften von Si(1-x)Ge(x) Gradientenkristallen, die aus der Gasphase gezogen wurden", Dissertation, Rheinisch Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, (27 October 1994), urn:nbn:de:hbz:82-opus-2227 Neutron-related techniques Synchrotron-related techniques