Dispersion -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

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Dispersion

If the phase velocity


is independent of k, where is the angular velocity of a wave and k is the wavenumber, then waves of all wavelengths travel at the same speed and the wave is said to be dispersionless.

Anomalous Dispersion, Dispersion Relation, Normal Dispersion


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