2.71 | Spring 2009 | Undergraduate, Graduate

Optics

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Lecture 12: The wave equation; phasor representation; 3D waves

Topics: 1D wave equation; complex (phasor) representation; 3D waves: plane, spherical.

Instructors: George Barbastathis, Colin Sheppard

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