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Any time someone appeals to quantum physics to offer a handwaving explanation of something that classical physics covers just fine, watch out. Using path integ
by abstrakraft 12y ago
Any time someone appeals to quantum physics to offer a handwaving explanation of something that classical physics covers just fine, watch out. Using path integrals to introduce interferometry is a waste of time, and in this case, just plain wrong.
For a better source, I'd start with the wikipedia articles on beamforming, phased arrays, and interferometry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beamforming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beamforming, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phased_array http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phased_array, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interferometry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interferometry).
- MarkSweep 12y agoBoth the beamforming Wikipedia article and the OP basically say "by having several out of phase antennas you can create constructive interference at the intended receiver of the signal". What am I missing?
- judk 12y agoOP (and also Richard Feybnan) believes that QM provides a more intuitive explanation for the elusive "why" waves (interference) exist. Commenters here don't like that.