A light beam consists of a wave packet made of light waves with frequencies close to some value v. Calculate the phase and group velocities of the wave packet. (This will require remembering some properties of light.)
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Each component wave can be written in the form exp[i(kx - ωt)], where ω is the angular frequency and k is the wave number. Show more…
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