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Almost but not quite. With light the electric field can go negative and the average is generally 0. With sound in air the pressure component has a ”DC” offset o
by sharpneli 6y ago
Almost but not quite. With light the electric field can go negative and the average is generally 0. With sound in air the pressure component has a ”DC” offset of 1bar and it cannot go negative, you will just get nonlinear effects when you start nearing that limit.