KnowraWave opticsLinked fromLinked fromThe 10 pages that link to Wave optics, each with the reason it gives.All 10Broader topic 1Related 1Narrower topic 5Compared with 3Michelson interferometerNarrower topic: The instrument’s fringes follow directly from wave superposition.OpticsBroader topic: It explains effects that ray diagrams cannot capture.Diffraction limitNarrower topic: The diffraction limit follows from wave behavior that geometric optics leaves out.Fermat's principleCompared with: It captures effects omitted when Fermat's principle is used as a ray-optics approximation.Ray tracingCompared with: Ray tracing omits effects that require treating light as a wave.Augustin-Jean FresnelNarrower topic: Fresnel’s experiments and mathematics made wave optics a comprehensive alternative to corpuscular accounts of light.Aperture (optics)Narrower topic: It explains why finite apertures produce diffraction patterns.History of opticsRelated: Its rise challenged particle-only accounts and explained effects rays could not.Malus' lawNarrower topic: The law is explained through the wave amplitude transmitted by an analyzer.Thin lensCompared with: Thin-lens ray geometry does not by itself account for diffraction or interference.