Wave speed from medium¶

Speed of electromagnetic wave propagation depends on the refractive index of the medium.

Notation:

\(c\) (c) is speed_of_light.

Links:

Wikipedia.

wave_speed¶: Speed of wave propagation in medium. See phase_speed.

Symbol:: v
Latex:: \(v\)
Dimension:: velocity

refractive_index¶: relative_refractive_index of the medium.

Symbol:: n
Latex:: \(n\)
Dimension:: dimensionless

law¶

v = c / n

Latex:: \[v = \frac{c}{n}\]