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731-01-33
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en
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Standard
Term:
physical optics
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wave optics
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the treatment of propagation of optical radiation as a wave phenomenon, rather than a ray phenomenon as in geometric optics
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1991-10
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the treatment of propagation of optical radiation as a wave phenomenon, rather than a ray phenomenon as in geometric optics