Coherence (physics)
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title:
Coherence (physics)
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Coherence expresses the potential for two waves to interfere. Two monochromatic beams from a single source always interfere. Wave sources are not strictly monochromatic: they may be partly coherent. Beams from different sources are mutually incoherent. When interfering, two waves add together to create a wave of greater amplitude than either one or subtract from each other to create a wave of minima which may be zero, depending on their relative phase. Constructive or destructive interference ar
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Equivalence relation on waves with equal frequencies and waveforms
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coherence_(physics)
date created:
2003-06-04T14:50:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T13:10:22Z
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