Interference

phenomenon in which two coherent waves combine into a resultant wave with greater intensity or lower amplitude

interference pattern

thumb|An example of series RLC circuit and respective phasor diagram for a specific . The arrows in the upper diagram are phasors, drawn in a phasor diagram ([[complex plane without axis shown), which must not be confused with the arrows in the lower diagram, which are the reference polarity for the voltages and the reference direction for the current.]]

optical phenomenon

term in acoustics

Protruding bulb at the front of a ship

1801 double-slit optical experiment by Thomas Young

wavelength-selective optical filter

The grainy appearance of an object when a laser is directed at it

function describing the extremes of an oscillating signal

anything which modifies, or disrupts a communication signal

the signal-to-noise ratio of a modulated signal

A pattern of birefringence colors