Phase factor
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Phase factor
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For any complex number written in polar form, the phase factor is the complex exponential (eiθ), where the variable θ is the phase of a wave or other periodic function. The phase factor is a unit complex number, i.e. a complex number of absolute value 1. It is commonly used in quantum mechanics and optics. It is a special case of phasors, which may have arbitrary magnitude. Multiplying the equation of a plane wave Aei(k·r − ωt) by a phase factor r eiθ shifts the phase of the wave by θ: In quantu
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Type of exponential complex factor
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2024-02-19T02:15:48Z
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