Pictures of the cusp illustrate that in optics there are two sorts of wavefronts. Where rays cross (i.e. Where there is interference) they are very different in form. Phase wavefronts are singular at zeros (phase dislocations) of the wavefunction.
Pictures of the cusp illustrate that in optics there are two sorts of wavefronts. Where rays cross (i.e. Where there is interference) they are very different in form. Phase wavefronts are singular at zeros (phase dislocations) of the wavefunction.
Pictures of the cusp illustrate that in optics there are two sorts of wavefronts. Where rays cross (i.e. Where there is interference) they are very different in form. Phase wavefronts are singular at zeros (phase dislocations) of the wavefunction.