Fully constructive interference condition

The interference of two waves is said to be fully constructive when the amplitude of the resulting wave is precisely the sum of the amplitudes of the comprising waves. In that case, there must be an even number of half-cycles out of phase between each other.

Links:

  1. Wikipedia.

phase_shift

phase_shift between interfering waves.

Symbol:

phi

Latex:

\(\varphi\)

Dimension:

angle

integer_factor

Integer factor. See whole_number

Symbol:

N

Latex:

\(N\)

Dimension:

dimensionless

law

phi = 2 * pi * N

Latex:
\[\varphi = 2 \pi N\]