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Everything about Wave interference
Phenomenon resulting from the superposition of two waves
In physics, interference is a phenomenon in which two coherent waves are combined by adding their intensities or displacements with due consideration for their phase difference. The resultant wave may have greater amplitude or lower amplitude 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 as in loudspeakers as electrical waves. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Wave interferenceA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Synthesis of CuCo2S4@Expanded Graphite with crystal/amorphous heterointerface and defects for electromagnetic wave absorptionInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Principles of opticsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Advanced Virgo: a second-generation interferometric gravitational wave detectorCited 3,850 times
- Go sideways: Coherence (physics)A closely related topic
- Go sideways: InterferometryA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Advanced Virgo: a second-generation interferometric gravitational wave detector
Phonon wave interference and thermal bandgap materials
Mutual Interference of Millimeter-Wave Radar Systems
Spin-Wave Interference in Microscopic Rings
Wave and Particle in Molecular Interference Lithography
Spin-wave interference
Spin-wave interference in magnetic vortex stacks
Phaseless Inverse Problems That Use Wave Interference
🆕 Influential since 2022
Synthesis of CuCo2S4@Expanded Graphite with crystal/amorphous heterointerface and defects for electromagnetic wave absorption
Interface-induced dual-pinning mechanism enhances low-frequency electromagnetic wave loss
Sublattice interference promotes pair density wave order in kagome metals
Incoherent Interference Detection and Mitigation for Millimeter-Wave FMCW Radars
Wave interference in railway track due to multiple wheels
📚 Books worth reading
Principles of opticsMax Born, Emil Wolf · 1959
ICONO '98ICONO '98 (1998 Moscow, Russia) · 1999- 📕Optical frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) interferometryJesse Zheng · 2005
Interference AnalysisJohn Pahl · 2016
Millimeter-wave radar clutterNicholas C. Currie · 1989- 📕HF sky-wave measurements and predictionsL. L. Proctor · 1970
Wave opticsColin Curry · 1957- 📕Electromagnetic cosite analysis [EMCAN] modelW. A. Kissick · 1977
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🔗 Related topics
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