Basic Terms

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Across
  1. 4. The field of detection and measurement of light energy
  2. 6. A discrete amount of energy
  3. 8. The emission of electrons or other free carriers when light hits a material
  4. 10. The generation, manipulation, transport, detection, and use of light information and energy whose quantum unit is the photon
  5. 11. A property applying to transverse waves that specifies the geometrical orientation of the oscillations
  6. 12. Flux per unit area
  7. 13. Flux per unit area per unitsolid angle
Down
  1. 1. The change in direction of a wave passing from one medium to another or from a gradual change in the medium
  2. 2. For all linear systems, the net response caused by two or more stimuli is the sum of the responses that would have been caused by each stimulus individually
  3. 3. A ray of light bounces off a surface (such as a mirror)
  4. 5. Radiance per unit wavelength
  5. 7. The maximum value of the wave displacement
  6. 9. Refers to various phenomena that occur when a wave encounters an obstacle or a slit