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This page represents a ongoing project dealing with using interference patterns to map the surface of a diamond wafer.  Since this is my first page, you'll have to excuse any blatant errors that I do not pick up on immediately.  Currently this page will represent my work with Dr. Richard Jones on an approximation to the beam splitter featured in the Michelson interferometer.  I will start by giving a brief introduction to electromagnetic radiation, then move on to the approximation itself (including graphs,etc.).

This page represents a ongoing project dealing with using interference patterns to map the surface of a diamond wafer.  Since this is my first page, you'll have to excuse any blatant errors that I do not pick up on immediately.  Currently this page will represent my work with Dr. Richard Jones on an approximation to the beam splitter featured in the Michelson interferometer.  I will start by giving a brief introduction to electromagnetic radiation, then move on to the approximation itself (including graphs,etc.).  I will hopefully have this up and running by next Wednesday.

== A Bit on Electromagnetic Radiation ==

== A Bit on Electromagnetic Radiation ==

Using Maxwell's equations we can find solutions for a travelling wave comprised of two perpindicular oscillating electric and magnetic fields, whose direction can be giving by the Poynting vector.

Using [[Maxwell's Equations]] we can find solutions for a travelling wave comprised of two perpindicular oscillating electric and magnetic fields, whose direction can be giving by the Poynting vector.

[image of EM wave here]

[image of EM wave here]

[[Image:emwave.jpg|thumb|An Electromagnetic Wave!]]

[[Image:emwave.jpg|thumb|An Electromagnetic Wave!]]