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13.1: Introduction

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What happens to electromagnetic waves as they propagate through space and start to interact with their environment? This chapter will describe some of the fundamental physical phenomena that can occur, including reflection, refraction, diffraction, and interference. As many of these phenomena are easiest to observe optically, many of the examples are for visible light, but all of these effects also occur for radio waves.


13.1: Introduction is shared under a CC BY 4.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Ronald Kumon.

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