Fully destructive interference condition¶

The interference of two waves is said to be fully destructive when the amplitude of the resulting wave is zero, i.e. the two waves cancel each other out. In that case, they must be an odd number of half-cycles out of phase between each other.

Links:

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 = (1 + 2 * N) * pi

Latex:: \[\varphi = \left(1 + 2 N\right) \pi\]