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  2. Phase (waves) - Wikipedia

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    Conversely, a phase reversal or phase inversion implies a 180-degree phase shift. [2] When the phase difference () is a quarter of turn (a right angle, +90° = π/2 or −90° = 270° = −π/2 = 3π/2), sinusoidal signals are sometimes said to be in quadrature, e.g., in-phase and quadrature components of a composite signal or even different ...

  3. List of equations in wave theory - Wikipedia

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    A common misconception occurs between phase velocity and group velocity (analogous to centres of mass and gravity). They happen to be equal in non-dispersive media. In dispersive media the phase velocity is not necessarily the same as the group velocity. The phase velocity varies with frequency.

  4. Lever rule - Wikipedia

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    In chemistry, the lever rule is a formula used to determine the mole fraction (x i) or the mass fraction (w i) of each phase of a binary equilibrium phase diagram.It can be used to determine the fraction of liquid and solid phases for a given binary composition and temperature that is between the liquidus and solidus line.

  5. Phase detector - Wikipedia

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    The output changes duty cycle in proportion to the phase difference. Applying the XOR gate's output to a low-pass filter results in an analog voltage that is proportional to the phase difference between the two signals. The remainder of its characteristics are very similar to the analog mixer for capture range, lock time, reference spurious and ...

  6. Bragg's law - Wikipedia

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    This path difference is (+) (′). The two separate waves will arrive at a point (infinitely far from these lattice planes) with the same phase , and hence undergo constructive interference , if and only if this path difference is equal to any integer value of the wavelength , i.e. n λ = ( A B + B C ) − ( A C ′ ) {\displaystyle n\lambda ...

  7. Geometric phase - Wikipedia

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    This phase difference is the geometric phase, and its occurrence typically indicates that the system's parameter dependence is singular (its state is undefined) for some combination of parameters. To measure the geometric phase in a wave system, an interference experiment is required.

  8. List of optics equations - Wikipedia

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    Visulization of flux through differential area and solid angle. As always ^ is the unit normal to the incident surface A, = ^, and ^ is a unit vector in the direction of incident flux on the area element, θ is the angle between them.

  9. Optical path length - Wikipedia

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    The optical path difference between the paths taken by two identical waves can then be used to find the phase change. Finally, using the phase change, the interference between the two waves can be calculated. Fermat's principle states that the path light takes between two points is the path that has the minimum optical path length.