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What is the correct definition of “group velocity dispersion”?
When we talk about a medium with dispersion, we can define the phase velocity $v_\phi = \omega/k$ and the group velocity $v_g = d\omega/dk$. Likewise the phase index $n = c/v_\phi$ and the group index ...
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Dispersion & Absorption in Optics
1) I understand light dispersion. But, I wonder what happens if I used a lens to focus it into a small point. Would it be a white point (would it reverse dispersion) or would I have a multicolored ...
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Fermat principle: which index of refraction?
I am somewhat puzzled by a common formulation of the Fermat principle (light travel time), because it contains index of refraction related to phase velocity while light travel time through a slab of ...
