- physics, a
plane wave is a
special case of a
wave or field: a
physical quantity whose value, at any
given moment, is
constant through any
plane that is perpendicular...
- This
approach is
known as the
angular spectrum method. The form of the
planewave solution is
actually a
general consequence of
translational symmetry....
-
physical waves in
finite domains. A
plane wave is an
important mathematical idealization where the
disturbance is
identical along any (infinite)
plane normal...
-
electromagnetic waves and
polarization in particular, it is
easier to just
consider coherent plane waves;
these are
sinusoidal waves of one particular...
- In physics, the
plane-
wave expansion expresses a
plane wave as a
linear combination of
spherical waves: e i k ⋅ r = ∑ ℓ = 0 ∞ ( 2 ℓ + 1 ) i ℓ j ℓ ( k r...
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Electromagnetic waves in free
space must be
solutions of Maxwell's
electromagnetic wave equation. Two main
classes of
solutions are known,
namely plane waves and...
-
considered is
regarded as made up of a combination, or superposition, of
plane waves. It has some
parallels to the Huygens–Fresnel principle, in
which the...
- (two-way)
wave equation can be
quite complicated. Still, it can be
analyzed as a
linear combination of
simple solutions that are
sinusoidal plane waves with...
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dwarf stars and
examining the large-scale
structure of galaxies. The
Planewave 14”
Corrected Dall-Kirkham
telescope and dome are the
newest on the Mountain...
-
diffraction of
waves when the
diffraction pattern is
viewed at a long
distance from the
diffracting object, and also when it is
viewed at the
focal plane of an...
