query: why can't electromagnetic waves make through holes that are smaller than the waves wavelength
positive_passages.docid: 30430
positive_passages.text: Diffraction by small holes
negative_passages.docid: 14186
negative_passages.text: Is it possible for information to be transmitted faster than light by using a rigid pole?
negative_passages.docid: 48871
negative_passages.text: What are "electron holes" in semiconductors?
negative_passages.docid: 4005
negative_passages.text: If refraction slows down light, isn't it possible to hold light still?
negative_passages.docid: 106021
negative_passages.text: How wrong are the classical Maxwell's equations (as compared to QED)?
negative_passages.docid: 61988
negative_passages.text: Why do two beams of light pass through one another without interacting?
negative_passages.docid: 122405
negative_passages.text: Why does the refractive index depend on wavelength?
negative_passages.docid: 153615
negative_passages.text: How can a single slit diffraction produce an interference pattern?
negative_passages.docid: 14043
negative_passages.text: Why don't electromagnetic waves require a medium?
negative_passages.docid: 108540
negative_passages.text: Why does light in a room not form constructive and destructive interference patterns?
negative_passages.docid: 131965
negative_passages.text: Why can't a real scalar couple to the electromagnetic field?
negative_passages.docid: 21717
negative_passages.text: How holes conduct current?
negative_passages.docid: 77454
negative_passages.text: Making holes in a mesh
negative_passages.docid: 58177
negative_passages.text: Why do lines in atomic spectra have thickness? (Bohr's Model)
negative_passages.docid: 98389
negative_passages.text: Electromagnetic waves in vacuum
negative_passages.docid: 63513
negative_passages.text: What is the minimum wavelength of electromagnetic radiation?
negative_passages.docid: 103305
negative_passages.text: Why does electromagnetic refraction happen?