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  2. Wave interference - Wikipedia

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    The resultant wave may have greater intensity (constructive interference) or lower amplitude (destructive interference) if the two waves are in phase or out of phase, respectively. Interference effects can be observed with all types of waves, for example, light , radio , acoustic , surface water waves , gravity waves , or matter waves as well ...

  3. Double-slit experiment - Wikipedia

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    The interference pattern between the two electron waves could then be observed. [67] In 2017, researchers performed the double-slit experiment using light-induced field electron emitters. With this technique, emission sites can be optically selected on a scale of ten nanometers.

  4. Electromagnetic interference - Wikipedia

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    Electromagnetic interference divides into several categories according to the source and signal characteristics. The origin of interference, often called "noise" in this context, can be human-made (artificial) or natural. Continuous, or continuous wave (CW), interference arises where the source continuously emits at a given range of frequencies.

  5. Atom interferometer - Wikipedia

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    An atom interferometer uses the wave-like nature of atoms in order to produce interference. In atom interferometers, the roles of matter and light are reversed compared to the laser based interferometers, i.e. the beam splitter and mirrors are lasers while the source emits matter waves (the atoms) rather than light.

  6. Physics of optical holography - Wikipedia

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    a wave which appears to diverge from the original point source - this is the re-constructed wave a wave which converges to a point which is deflected from the normal by twice the angle of incidence of the plane wave - this is known as the conjugate wave. The three waves are now separated in space. This is known as an off-axis hologram.

  7. 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 ...

  8. Radio propagation - Wikipedia

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    Radio propagation is the behavior of radio waves as they travel, or are propagated, from one point to another in vacuum, or into various parts of the atmosphere. [1]: 26‑1 As a form of electromagnetic radiation, like light waves, radio waves are affected by the phenomena of reflection, refraction, diffraction, absorption, polarization, and scattering. [2]

  9. White light interferometry - Wikipedia

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    This works because when two waves combine, the resulting pattern is determined by the phase difference between the two waveswaves that are in phase will undergo constructive interference while waves that are out of phase will undergo destructive interference. While white light interferometry is not new, combining old interferometry ...