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Mapping diamond surfaces using interference (view source)
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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! (courtesy of [http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~mlyount/MySites/ForensicSpectroscopy/Vocab.html]]]
[[Image:emwave.jpg|thumb|An Electromagnetic Wave! (courtesy of [http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~mlyount/MySites/ForensicSpectroscopy/Vocab.html])]]
What is light?
What is light?
== The Michelson Interferometer ==
== The Michelson Interferometer ==
[[Image:MichIntPic.jpg|thumb|A Michelson Interferometer! Courtesy of [http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/MichelsonInterferometer.html]]]
[[Image:MIint.gif|thumb|A Michelson Interferometer! Courtesy of [http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/MichelsonInterferometer.html])]]
What is a Michelson interferometer?
What is a Michelson interferometer?