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James Brady
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Moved from a technical forum, so homework template missing.
The problem states that the wavelength and frequency in a waveguide are related by:
##\lambda = \frac{c}{\sqrt{f^2 - f_0^2}}##
then asks to express the group velocity ##v_g## in terms of c and the phase velocity ##v_p = \lambda f##
Solution:
Given that ##\omega = 2\pi f##,
## \omega(k) = 2\pi \sqrt{\frac{c^2}{\lambda^2} + f_0^2} = 2 \pi \sqrt{\frac{c^2 k^2}{4 \pi^2} + f_0^2}##
So I'm trying to understand how they got omega there. I figured that by using ## f \lambda = c, f = \frac{c}{\lambda}##, we could change it from a wavelength term to a frequency term, then by multiplying both sides by 2pi, it is now in terms of radians per second.
##f = \frac{c}{\lambda} = c \frac{\sqrt{f^2 - f_0^2}}{c}##
So I'm trying to understand how they got that plus sign in there. Is this some simple algebra thing that I'm completely missing or is my reasoning wrong?
##\lambda = \frac{c}{\sqrt{f^2 - f_0^2}}##
then asks to express the group velocity ##v_g## in terms of c and the phase velocity ##v_p = \lambda f##
Solution:
Given that ##\omega = 2\pi f##,
## \omega(k) = 2\pi \sqrt{\frac{c^2}{\lambda^2} + f_0^2} = 2 \pi \sqrt{\frac{c^2 k^2}{4 \pi^2} + f_0^2}##
So I'm trying to understand how they got omega there. I figured that by using ## f \lambda = c, f = \frac{c}{\lambda}##, we could change it from a wavelength term to a frequency term, then by multiplying both sides by 2pi, it is now in terms of radians per second.
##f = \frac{c}{\lambda} = c \frac{\sqrt{f^2 - f_0^2}}{c}##
So I'm trying to understand how they got that plus sign in there. Is this some simple algebra thing that I'm completely missing or is my reasoning wrong?