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Almost all about waves /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pierce, John R. (John Robinson), 1910-2002 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, [1974]
Subjects:
Waves.
Ondes.
Waves
Welle
Golven (algemeen, natuurkunde)
WAVES.
Table of Contents:
  • The idea of waves
  • Sinusiodal waves--their strength and power
  • Media and modes
  • Phase velocity and group velocity
  • Vector and complex representation
  • Coupled modes
  • Coupled modes--the other solution
  • Spatial harmonics and coupling
  • Coupling and tapered media
  • Waves and forces
  • Energy and momentum of waves in a moving medium
  • Energy and angular momentum in rotating media
  • Parametric amplifiers
  • Polarization
  • Plane and nearly plane waves
  • Antennas and diffraction
  • The scalar wave equation
  • Radiation
  • Retrospect and prospect.