Fresnel plot
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X-ray and neutron reflectivity curves are often displayed as Fresnel plots, which means plotting vs. (instead of simply Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \scriptstyle R(q_z) } vs. ). This representation divides-out the generic functional form of the Fresnel reflectivity from a single idealized interface (which goes as ). This is useful for highlighting the features/oscillations of the reflectivity curve, by suppressing the expected decay of the curve with angle.