Which outcome fundamentally limits resolution in optical microscopes?

💡 Explanation

Resolution is limited by diffraction; the **interference** of diffracted light creates overlapping patterns blurring details. Because the Airy disk size is inversely proportional to the objective's numerical aperture, resolution is degraded therefore, rather than the lens effects cited in other answers.

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