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- noun Plural form of
wavepacket .
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Examples
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You have all these wavepackets coming along, steepening as it gets shallower and all travelling at a speed which depends on their wavelength.
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You have all these wavepackets coming along, steepening as it gets shallower and all travelling at a speed which depends on their wavelength.
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Particular emphasis will be laid on the generation of localized, nondiffracting few-cycle wavepackets of extended depth of focus and high tolerance against distortions.
AvaxHome RSS: 2009
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Harris immediately notes that over the last several years that several groups of scientists have used other techniques to generate shaped photonic wavepackets.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2008
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"But this is the first time that their wavepackets have been modulated."
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2008
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Using 'slow light' to modulate single photon wavepackets
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2008
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Just as electrons may be described as either particles or waves, photons may also be described as particles or waves, and "in a similar manner to classical pulses of light their wavepackets may be modulated to encode additional information."
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2008
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