[[Image:RLaueBragg.png|thumb|right|250px|Reflectivities for Laue and Bragg geometries, top and bottom, respectively, as evaluated by the [[:en:Dynamical theory of diffraction|Dynamical theory of diffraction]] for the absorption-less case. The flat top of the peak in Bragg geometry is the so-called [[Darwin Plateau]]. ([http://www.kdliss.de/KDL/DissLiss/index.html Ref.])]]
====Principle of theory====
The '''dynamical theory of diffracton''' considers the wave field in the periodic potential of the crystal and takes into account all multiple scattering effects. Unlike the [[Diffraction formalism|kinematic theory of diffraction]] which describes the approximate position of [[Bragg diffraction|Bragg]] or [[X-ray crystallography|Laue diffraction]] peaks in [[reciprocal space]], '''dynamical theory''' corrects for refraction, shape and width of the peaks, extinction and interference effects. Graphical representations are described in [[dispersion surfaces]] around reciprocal lattice points which fulfill the boundary conditions at the crystal interface.
