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    In optics and in wave propagation in general, dispersion is the phenomenon in which the phase velocity of a wave depends on its frequency; sometimes the...
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  • wavelength: Dispersion (optics), for light waves Dispersion (water waves), for water waves Acoustic dispersion, for sound waves Dispersion relation, the...
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    dispersion which cause stars to twinkle. Astronomers refer to this effect as the quality of astronomical seeing. Techniques known as adaptive optics have...
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  • multimode dispersion, modal distortion, intermodal distortion, intermodal dispersion, and intermodal delay distortion. In the ray optics analogy, modal...
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    electrical engineering, dispersion relations describe the effect of dispersion on the properties of waves in a medium. A dispersion relation relates the...
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  • optical components. It has relatively low refractive index (≈1.52) and low dispersion (with Abbe numbers between 50 and 85). Crown glass is produced from alkali-lime...
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  • "Analytical Lah-Laguerre optical formalism for perturbative chromatic dispersion". Optics Express. 30 (22): 40779–40808. Bibcode:2022OExpr..3040779P. doi:10...
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  • two transmitted ultrasound pulses. Acoustic attenuation Dispersion (optics) "Acoustic dispersion". McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms...
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    propagation Dispersion (water waves) Dispersion (optics) Wave propagation speed Group delay Group velocity dispersion Group delay dispersion Phase delay...
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    {\displaystyle \omega (k)} is known as the dispersion relation of the medium. Cherenkov radiation Dispersion (optics) Group velocity Propagation delay Shear...
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