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