Template:Incident angle
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Jump to navigationJump to searchWhen a wave in incident at an angle [math]\displaystyle{ \theta }[/math] we have the wavenumber in the [math]\displaystyle{ y }[/math] direction is [math]\displaystyle{ k_y = \sin\theta k_0 }[/math] where [math]\displaystyle{ k_0 }[/math] is as defined previously (note that [math]\displaystyle{ k_y }[/math] is imaginary).
This means that the potential is now of the form [math]\displaystyle{ \phi(x,y,z)=e^{k_y y}\phi(x,z) }[/math] so that when we separate variables we obtain
[math]\displaystyle{ k^2 = k_x^2 + k_y^2 }[/math]
where [math]\displaystyle{ k }[/math] is the separation constant calculated without an incident angle.