RP Photonics Encyclopedia by Rüdiger Paschotta
ID: rp-photonics-encyclopedia-by-rudiger-paschotta
Publisher: RP Photonics AG.
The entry Wavefronts, www.rp-photonics.com/wavefronts.html , describes surfaces of constant phase, planar and spherical wavefronts, and changes of wavefront shape through optical elements. It provides the geometric context for wavefront curvature.
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