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A plane wave reflects from the surface of a sphere. Draw a ray diagram and sketch some wavefronts for the reflected wave.
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The plane wave can be represented by parallel lines (rays) and the wavefronts are perpendicular to these rays. The sphere is simply a circle in the 2D diagram. Show more…
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