Phase shift between two points¶
The phase shift of wave oscillations between two points is proportional to the ratio of the distance between the points and the wavelength of the wave.
Conditions:
The wave is moving in a one-dimensional environment.
Links:
- phase_shift¶
phase_shiftbetween the two points.
- Symbol:
phi- Latex:
\(\varphi\)
- Dimension:
angle
- distance¶
euclidean_distancebetween the two points.
- Symbol:
d- Latex:
\(d\)
- Dimension:
length
- wavelength¶
wavelengthof the wave.
- Symbol:
lambda- Latex:
\(\lambda\)
- Dimension:
length
- law¶
phi = 2 * pi * d / lambda- Latex:
- \[\varphi = \frac{2 \pi d}{\lambda}\]