Transient Aspects of Wave Propagation Connected with Spatial Coherence

Abstract EN

This study presents transient aspects of light wave propagation connected with spatial coherence.

It is shown that reflection and refraction phenomena involve spatial patterns which are created within a certain transient time interval.

After this transient time interval, these patterns act like a memory, determining the wave vector for subsequent sets of reflected/refracted waves.

The validity of this model is based on intuitive aspects regarding phase conservation of energy for waves reflected/refracted by multiple centers in a certain material medium.