KnowraPlane waveLinked fromLinked fromThe 14 pages that link to Plane wave, each with the reason it gives.All 14Broader topic 8Related 5Narrower topic 1Bloch's theoremRelated: The theorem separates this traveling-wave factor from the lattice-periodic part.Dispersion relationRelated: Plane-wave solutions make frequency and wave number explicit.Parabolic reflectorRelated: At large distances, incoming radiation is often approximated as a plane wave with parallel rays.Nearly-free-electron modelRelated: Free-electron states are plane waves before the crystal potential mixes them.Momentum operatorRelated: Plane waves are eigenfunctions of the free-particle momentum operator.