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  2. Acousto-optic modulator - Wikipedia

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    The amount of light diffracted by the sound wave depends on the intensity of the sound. Hence, the intensity of the sound can be used to modulate the intensity of the light in the diffracted beam. Typically, the intensity that is diffracted into m = 0 order can be varied between 15% and 99% of the input light intensity.

  3. Acoustic dispersion - Wikipedia

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    In acoustics, acoustic dispersion is the phenomenon of a sound wave separating into its component frequencies as it passes through a material. The phase velocity of the sound wave is viewed as a function of frequency. Hence, separation of component frequencies is measured by the rate of change in phase velocities as the radiated waves pass ...

  4. Coupling loss - Wikipedia

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    Coupling loss, also known as connection loss, is the loss that occurs when energy is transferred from one circuit, circuit element, or medium to another.Coupling loss is usually expressed in the same units—such as watts or decibels—as in the originating circuit element or medium.

  5. Reflection phase change - Wikipedia

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    Light waves change phase by 180° when they reflect from the surface of a medium with higher refractive index than that of the medium in which they are travelling. [1] A light wave travelling in air that is reflected by a glass barrier will undergo a 180° phase change, while light travelling in glass will not undergo a phase change if it is reflected by a boundary with air.

  6. Anti-aliasing filter - Wikipedia

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    Since the theorem states that unambiguous reconstruction of the signal from its samples is possible when the power of frequencies above the Nyquist frequency is zero, a brick wall filter is an idealized but impractical AAF. [a] A practical AAF makes a trade off between reduced bandwidth and increased aliasing. A practical anti-aliasing filter ...

  7. Acoustic impedance - Wikipedia

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    c is the speed of the sound waves traveling in the medium; δ is the particle displacement; x is the space variable along the direction of propagation of the sound waves. This equation is valid both for fluids and solids. In fluids, ρc 2 = K (K stands for the bulk modulus);

  8. Line-of-sight propagation - Wikipedia

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    The rays or waves may be diffracted, refracted, reflected, or absorbed by the atmosphere and obstructions with material and generally cannot travel over the horizon or behind obstacles. In contrast to line-of-sight propagation, at low frequency (below approximately 3 MHz ) due to diffraction , radio waves can travel as ground waves , which ...

  9. Interferometric visibility - Wikipedia

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    The pointwise definition may be expanded to a visibility function varying over time or space. For example, the phase difference varies as a function of space in a two-slit experiment. Alternately, the phase difference may be manually controlled by the operator, for example by adjusting a vernier knob in an interferometer.