Tag: wave velocity

  • Waves

    Waves

    Optics Series Lecture, Lecture – XII and – XIII “Traveling waves, Differential wave equations, Particle and wave velocities.” In one of our earlier optics session lecture I had hinted at having waves defined by their pulse shape called as wave profile — or alternatively wave shape or wave form, and transcribing them into forms that…

  • Harmonic plane waves

    Harmonic plane waves

    Optics Series Lecture, Lecture – VIII. “Harmonic Plane Waves” This lecture ( 1.5 hours ) was delivered on 13th February 2017 to honors students In our last lecture ( lecture — VII ) we began by discussing what are electromagnetic waves. We also discussed in good detail what are harmonic waves. Harmonic waves are those waves…