Optical Waves
Standing waves are also observed in optical media such as optical wave guides, optical cavities, etc. In an optical cavity, the light wave from one end is made to reflect from the other. The transmitted and reflected waves superpose, and form a standing-wave pattern.
Read more about this topic: Standing Wave
Famous quotes containing the words optical and/or waves:
“There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“When infant Science makes a pleasant face
And waves again that hollow toy, the Race;”
—Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)