Surface wave — Diving grebe creates surface waves In physics, a surface wave is a mechanical wave that propagates along the interface between differing media, usually two fluids with different densities. A surface wave can also be an electromagnetic wave guided … Wikipedia
Evanescent wave coupling — In optics, evanescent wave coupling is a process by which electromagnetic waves are transmitted from one medium to another by means of the evanescent, exponentially decaying electromagnetic field. Coupling is usually accomplished by placing two… … Wikipedia
Surface acoustic wave — A surface acoustic wave (SAW) is an acoustic wave traveling along the surface of a material having some elasticity, with an amplitude that typically decays exponentially with the depth of the substrate. This kind of wave is commonly used in… … Wikipedia
Surface plasmon — Surface plasmons, also referred to in the literature as surface plasma polaritons, are fluctuations in the electron density at the boundary of two materials. Plasmons are the collective vibrations of an electron gas (or plasma) surrounding the… … Wikipedia
Surface plasmon resonance — The excitation of surface plasmons by light is denoted as a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) for planar surfaces or localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) for nanometer sized metallic structures.This phenomenon is the basis of many standard… … Wikipedia
Evanescent wave — Schematic representation of evanescent waves propagating along a metal dielectric interface. The charge density oscillations, when associated with electromagnetic fields, are called surface plasmon polariton waves. The exponential dependence of… … Wikipedia
Wind wave model — NOAA Wavewatch III 120 hour Forecast for the North Atlantic In fluid dynamics, wind wave modeling describes the effort to depict the sea state and predict the evolution of the energy of wind waves using numerical techniques. These simulations… … Wikipedia
Vibronic coupling — In theoretical chemistry, the vibronic coupling terms, (which are neglected within the Born Oppenheimer approximation), are proportional to the interaction between electronic and nuclear motions of molecules. The term vibronic originates from the … Wikipedia
Antarctic Circumpolar Wave — The Antarctic Circumpolar Wave is a coupled ocean/atmosphere wave that circles the Southern Ocean in approximately eight years. Since it is a wave 2 phenomenon (there are two peaks and two troughs in a latitude circle) at each fixed point in… … Wikipedia
Wireless energy transfer — or wireless power is the transmission of electrical energy from a power source to an electrical load without artificial interconnecting conductors. Wireless transmission is useful in cases where interconnecting wires are inconvenient, hazardous,… … Wikipedia
Invention of radio — Great Radio Controversy redirects here. For the album by the band Tesla, see The Great Radio Controversy. Contents 1 Physics of wireless signalling 2 Theory of electromagnetism … Wikipedia