Physik für Geodäsie 511.018 / Physik M 513.805
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Plane waves don't have to be moving in the same direction. This simulation shows the interference pattern that occurs when two plane maves moving at 90° to each other interfere.
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These waves are decribed by,
where $\xi_1 = \frac{k}{\sqrt{2}}x -\frac{k}{\sqrt{2}}y -\omega t$, $\xi_2 = 10\pi-\frac{k}{\sqrt{2}}x -\frac{k}{\sqrt{2}}y -\omega t$, and $H(x)$ is the Heaviside function.