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When a distant point source of light is observed looking through the plate, a diffuse halo is seen whose angular width is about estimate the size of the particles. Optics is the branch of physics which involves the behavior and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the construction of instruments that use or detect it. Download citation the optics encyclopedia electrooptic devices can be designed to modulate various properties of a light wave, including phase, polarization, amplitude, frequency, and. Complex fields, wave equation, kvectors, interference, light propagation, interferometry.
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