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Is interference of incoherent waves possible?
Spar said:Is interference of incoherent waves possible?
And how do interfering incoherent water waves look like?Vanadium 50 said:Think about water waves.
Spar said:And how do interfering incoherent water waves look like?
Spar said:I mean... Is this interference of incoherent water waves?View attachment 217962
anorlunda said:Yes
Spar said:But is there no energy redistribution?
Incoherent waves are waves that have no consistent phase relationship with each other. This means that the peaks and troughs of the waves do not align, resulting in a random or chaotic pattern.
Coherent waves have a consistent phase relationship, meaning that the peaks and troughs of the waves align in a predictable pattern. Incoherent waves, on the other hand, have no consistent phase relationship and therefore do not exhibit interference effects.
No, interference is not possible with incoherent waves. Interference occurs when two or more waves combine and their amplitudes either add or cancel each other out. This requires a consistent phase relationship, which is not present in incoherent waves.
In general, incoherent waves are not used in applications such as communication or imaging because they do not exhibit interference effects and have a random or chaotic nature. However, they can be useful in certain cases such as noise reduction or random number generation.
Incoherent waves can be generated through various processes such as thermal radiation, spontaneous emission of light from excited atoms, or the superposition of many waves with random phases. They can also occur naturally, such as in ocean waves or seismic waves.