Transient aspects of wave propagation connected with spatial coherence (Q473981)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6372589
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    Transient aspects of wave propagation connected with spatial coherence
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6372589

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      Transient aspects of wave propagation connected with spatial coherence (English)
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      24 November 2014
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      Summary: This study presents transient aspects of light wave propagation connected with spatial coherence. It is shown that reflection and refraction phenomena involve spatial patterns which are created within a certain transient time interval. After this transient time interval, these patterns act like a memory, determining the wave vector for subsequent sets of reflected/refracted waves. The validity of this model is based on intuitive aspects regarding phase conservation of energy for waves reflected/refracted by multiple centers in a certain material medium.
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