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Introduction:

As shown in the electromagnetic spectrum above, the types of electromagnetic radiation can be described by their frequency, wavelength or energy.

A wave is a traveling disturbance that carries energy from one place to another. Energy is the ability to do work or cause a change. Waves can be measured using wavelength and frequency. The highest points of waves are called crests. The lowest points of waves are called troughs. The distance from one crest to the next is called a wavelength (λ).

The number of complete wavelengths in a given unit of time is called frequency (f). As a wavelength increases in size, its frequency and energy (E) decrease.

f = c / λ and λ = c / f and E = h•f (or E = h•c/ λ)

Wave

所有的波都传播能量,最常见的波是 Mechanical Waves 和 Electromagnetic Waves

There are two types of waves that are most commonly studied in classical physicsarrow-up-right: mechanical wavesarrow-up-right and electromagnetic wavesarrow-up-right. In a mechanical wave, stressarrow-up-right and strainarrow-up-right fields oscillate about a mechanical equilibrium. A mechanical wave is a local deformation (strain)arrow-up-right in some physical medium that propagates from particle to particle by creating local stressesarrow-up-right that cause strain in neighboring particles too. For example, soundarrow-up-right waves are variations of the local pressurearrow-up-right and particle motionarrow-up-right that propagate through the medium. Other examples of mechanical waves are seismic wavesarrow-up-right, gravity wavesarrow-up-right, surface wavesarrow-up-right and string vibrationsarrow-up-right. In an electromagnetic wave (such as light), coupling between the electric and magnetic fields sustains propagation of waves involving these fields according to Maxwell's equationsarrow-up-right. Electromagnetic waves can travel through a vacuumarrow-up-right and through some dielectricarrow-up-right media (at wavelengths where they are considered transparentarrow-up-right). Electromagnetic, as determined by their frequencies (or wavelengthsarrow-up-right), have more specific designations including radio wavesarrow-up-right, infrared radiationarrow-up-right, terahertz wavesarrow-up-right, visible lightarrow-up-right, ultraviolet radiationarrow-up-right, X-raysarrow-up-right and gamma raysarrow-up-right.

ther types of waves include gravitational wavesarrow-up-right, which are disturbances in spacetimearrow-up-right that propagate according to general relativityarrow-up-right; heat diffusion wavesarrow-up-right; plasma wavesarrow-up-right that combine mechanical deformations and electromagnetic fields; reaction–diffusion wavesarrow-up-right, such as in the Belousov–Zhabotinsky reactionarrow-up-right; and many more. Mechanical and electromagnetic waves transfer energyarrow-up-right,[1]arrow-up-right momentumarrow-up-right, and informationarrow-up-right, but they do not transfer particles in the medium. In mathematics and electronicsarrow-up-right waves are studied as signalsarrow-up-right.[2]arrow-up-right On the other hand, some waves have envelopesarrow-up-right which do not move at all such as standing wavesarrow-up-right (which are fundamental to music) and hydraulic jumpsarrow-up-right.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavearrow-up-right

Mechanical Waves 分为 transverse waves, longitudinal waves, and surface waves.

In physicsarrow-up-right, a mechanical wave is a wavearrow-up-right that is an oscillation of matterarrow-up-right, and therefore transfers energy through a material mediumarrow-up-right.[1]arrow-up-right (Vacuum is, from classical perspective, a non-material medium, where electromagnetic wavesarrow-up-right propagate.)

While waves can move over long distances, the movement of the medium of transmission—the material—is limited. Therefore, the oscillating material does not move far from its initial equilibrium position. Mechanical waves can be produced only in media which possess elasticityarrow-up-right and inertiaarrow-up-right. There are three types of mechanical waves: transverse wavesarrow-up-right, longitudinal wavesarrow-up-right, and surface wavesarrow-up-right. Some of the most common examples of mechanical waves are water waves, sound waves, and seismic wavesarrow-up-right.

Like all waves, mechanical waves transport energyarrow-up-right. This energy propagatesarrow-up-right in the same direction as the wave. A wave requires an initial energy input; once this initial energy is added, the wave travels through the medium until all its energy is transferred. In contrast, electromagnetic wavesarrow-up-right require no medium, but can still travel through one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_wavearrow-up-right

Electromagnetic Waves 都是 transverse waves,不需要介质传播

In physicsarrow-up-right, electromagnetic radiation (EMR) consists of wavesarrow-up-right of the electromagnetic (EM) fieldarrow-up-right, which propagate through spacearrow-up-right and carry momentumarrow-up-right and electromagnetic radiant energyarrow-up-right.[1]arrow-up-right Types of EMR include radio wavesarrow-up-right, microwavesarrow-up-right, infraredarrow-up-right, (visible) lightarrow-up-right, ultravioletarrow-up-right, X-raysarrow-up-right, and gamma raysarrow-up-right, all of which are part of the electromagnetic spectrumarrow-up-right.[2]arrow-up-right

Classicallyarrow-up-right, electromagnetic radiation consists of electromagnetic waves, which are synchronized oscillationsarrow-up-right of electricarrow-up-right and magnetic fieldsarrow-up-right. In a vacuum, electromagnetic waves travel at the speed of lightarrow-up-right, commonly denoted c. There, depending on the frequency of oscillation, different wavelengths of electromagnetic spectrum are produced. In homogeneous, isotropic media, the oscillations of the two fields are on average perpendicular to each other and perpendicular to the direction of energy and wave propagation, forming a transverse wavearrow-up-right. The position of an electromagnetic wave within the electromagnetic spectrumarrow-up-right can be characterized by either its frequencyarrow-up-right of oscillation or its wavelengtharrow-up-right. Electromagnetic waves of different frequency are called by different names since they have different sources and effects on matter. In order of increasing frequency and decreasing wavelength these are: radio waves, microwaves, infrared radiation, visible light, ultraviolet radiation, X-rays and gamma rays.[3]arrow-up-right

Electromagnetic waves are emitted by electrically charged particlesarrow-up-right undergoing acceleration,[4]arrow-up-right[5]arrow-up-right and these waves can subsequently interact with other charged particles, exerting force on them. EM waves carry energy, momentumarrow-up-right, and angular momentumarrow-up-right away from their source particle and can impart those quantities to matterarrow-up-right with which they interact. Electromagnetic radiation is associated with those EM waves that are free to propagate themselves ("radiate") without the continuing influence of the moving charges that produced them, because they have achieved sufficient distance from those charges. Thus, EMR is sometimes referred to as the far fieldarrow-up-right. In this language, the near fieldarrow-up-right refers to EM fields near the charges and current that directly produced them, specifically electromagnetic inductionarrow-up-right and electrostatic inductionarrow-up-right phenomena.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_radiationarrow-up-right

Transverse & Longitudinal Waves

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Anh9HthWgQarrow-up-right

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