Optical distance difference from optical distances¶

The optical difference in the course of two rays is the difference in the optical distances traversed by each of the rays

Links:

Wikipedia.

first_optical_distance¶

optical_distance of first wave.

Symbol:: Lambda_1
Latex:: \(\Lambda_{1}\)
Dimension:: length

second_optical_distance¶

optical_distance of second wave.

Symbol:: Lambda_2
Latex:: \(\Lambda_{2}\)
Dimension:: length

optical_difference_distance¶

optical_distance difference between waves.

Symbol:: Delta(Lambda)
Latex:: \(\Delta \Lambda\)
Dimension:: length

law¶

Delta(Lambda) = Lambda_2 - Lambda_1

Latex:: \[\Delta \Lambda = \Lambda_{2} - \Lambda_{1}\]