Laue equations

Laue equations

[′lau̇·ə i‚kwā·zhənz] (crystallography) Three equations which must be satisfied for an x-ray beam of specified wavelength to be diffracted through a specified angle by a crystal; they state that the scaler products of each of the crystallographic axial vectors with the difference between unit vectors in the directions of the incident and scattered beams, are integral multiples of the wavelength. Also known as Laue condition.