Consider the function where A, α, and b are all constants, and they have appropriate SI units.

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Consider the function

2,2 2_2 (z, t) = Aexp[-(a²z? + b*² + 2abzt)]

where A, α, and b are all constants, and they have appropriate SI units. Does this represent a wave? If so, what is its speed and direction of propagation?

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Optics

ISBN: 978-0133977226

5th edition

Authors: Eugene Hecht

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