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The 11 pages that link to Dispersion, each with the reason it gives.

• WavelengthRelated: It makes different wavelengths travel differently through a material.

• Refractive indexRelated: A wavelength-dependent refractive index makes colors travel and bend differently.

• DiffractionCompared with: Dispersion separates frequencies through material response; a grating instead separates them by diffraction.

• RefractionRelated: It makes different wavelengths refract by different amounts in the same material.

• Optical fiberRelated: Dispersion limits data rates and transmission distances unless managed by fiber design or signal processing.

• Cherenkov radiationRelated: Material dispersion changes the refractive index and emission angle across wavelengths.

• Sound speedRelated: In dispersive materials, different sound frequencies can travel at different speeds.

• Atmospheric opticsRelated: It separates colors in rainbows and contributes to color variation in ice-crystal halos.

• Optical coatingRelated: Dispersion shifts coating performance across wavelength and incidence angle.

• Nonlinear Schrödinger equationRelated: Dispersion spreads wave packets and competes with the equation’s nonlinear tendency to concentrate them.

• Ambient noise seismologyRelated: Dispersion curves connect measured surface-wave speeds to depth-dependent Earth structure.