Explore: Beam Waves

behaves like a wave was proposed by French physicist Louis de Broglie (/dəˈbrɔɪ/) in 1924, and so matter waves are also known as de Broglie waves. The de Broglie

In optics, a Gaussian beam is an idealized beam of electromagnetic radiation whose amplitude envelope in the transverse plane is given by a Gaussian function;

Helix TWT - in which the radio waves interact with the electron beam while traveling down a wire helix which surrounds the beam. These have wide bandwidth

display wave interference. Physical systems exhibiting wave behavior and described by the mathematics of wave equations include water waves, seismic waves, sound

that lets light waves of a specific polarization pass through while blocking light waves of other polarizations. It can filter a beam of light of undefined

A collimator is a device which narrows a beam of particles or waves. “To narrow” can mean either to cause the directions of motion to become more aligned

explained by a wave theory. The wave theory predicted that light waves could interfere with each other like sound waves (as noted around 1800 by Thomas

scanned array, a computer-controlled array of antennas which creates a beam of radio waves that can be electronically steered to point in different directions

expresses the potential for two waves to interfere. Two monochromatic beams from a single source always interfere. Wave sources are not strictly monochromatic:

conditions causing electrostatic solitary waves. The U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency started work on particle beam weapons in 1958. The general idea of