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Everything about Wavefront
Locus of points at equal phase in a wave
In physics, the wavefront of a time-varying wave field is the set (locus) of all points having the same phase. The term is generally meaningful only for fields that, at each point, vary sinusoidally in time with a single temporal frequency. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: WavefrontA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Multifunctional resonant wavefront-shaping meta-optics based on multilayer and multi-perturbation nonlocal metasurfacesInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Wave PhenomenaThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The wavefront phenomenon of ischemic cell death. 1. Myocardial infarct size vs duration of coronary occlusion in dogs.Cited 1,530 times
- Go sideways: Shack–Hartmann wavefront sensorA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Wavefront curvature sensorA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
Noun An imaginary surface passing through points of a medium oscillating in phase.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The wavefront phenomenon of ischemic cell death. 1. Myocardial infarct size vs duration of coronary occlusion in dogs.
Helical-wavefront laser beams produced with a spiral phaseplate
Digital Wavefront Measuring Interferometer for Testing Optical Surfaces and Lenses
Wavefront modulation and subwavelength diffractive acoustics with an acoustic metasurface
History and Principles of Shack-Hartmann Wavefront Sensing
A clock and wavefront model for control of the number of repeated structures during animal morphogenesis
A review of dielectric optical metasurfaces for wavefront control
Wavefront Reconstruction with Diffused Illumination and Three-Dimensional Objects*
🆕 Influential since 2022
Multifunctional resonant wavefront-shaping meta-optics based on multilayer and multi-perturbation nonlocal metasurfaces
Roadmap on wavefront shaping and deep imaging in complex media
Racemic dielectric metasurfaces for arbitrary terahertz polarization rotation and wavefront manipulation
Wavefront shaping: A versatile tool to conquer multiple scattering in multidisciplinary fields
Tailoring terahertz wavefront with state switching in VO2 Pancharatnam–Berry metasurfaces
đź“š Books worth reading
Wave PhenomenaDudley H. Towne · 1967
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đź”— Related topics
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