lightwave
Visible spectrum carrier
Lightwave refers to light understood as electromagnetic radiation traveling in waves.
The term appears in technical contexts—fiber optics, physics, telecommunications—where the wave properties of light matter: lightwave communication, lightwave technology.
It emphasizes that light behaves as a wave with measurable wavelength and frequency, distinct from treating light as particles or simply illumination.
Light-focusing curved glass
- prismLight-splitting optical element
- refractionWave bending between media
- diffractionWaves spreading past obstacles
- polarizationSeparation into opposing extremes
interference · holography · fiber · laser · microscope · telescope · focus · beam
Light-based data transmission
- broadbandFast internet access
- telecommunicationsRemote signal transmission technology
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
- multiplexingCombining signals on one line
bandwidth · transceiver · signal · photonics · encoding · decoding · attenuation · amplification
Involving electric and magnetic fields
- photonElectromagnetic radiation unit
- quantumSmallest discrete unit
- dualityTwofold nature
- amplitudeMaximum oscillation displacement
frequency · coherence · superposition · interference · diffraction · polarization · propagation · oscillation
lens
Light-focusing curved glass
- prismLight-splitting optical element
- refractionWave bending between media
- diffractionWaves spreading past obstacles
polarization · interference · holography · fiber · laser · microscope · telescope · focus · beam · collimation
fiber-optics
Light-based data transmission
- broadbandFast internet access
- telecommunicationsRemote signal transmission technology
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
multiplexing · bandwidth · transceiver · signal · photonics · encoding · decoding · attenuation · amplification · coherent
electromagnetic
Involving electric and magnetic fields
amplitude · frequency · coherence · superposition · interference · diffraction · polarization · propagation · oscillation · phase
visible
Able to be seen
- infraredHeat-bearing electromagnetic waves
- ultravioletWavelengths shorter than violet
- redPrimary color, warm
orange · yellow · green · blue · violet · nanometer · color · hue · rainbow · dispersion
- photonicsphotonics, photon, optics, laser, optical fiber
lightwavesound wave
Oscillating pressure through medium
acoustic wave · seismic wave · water wave · pressure wave · radio wave