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abrupt changes in the intensity of light diffracted by a grating at particular angles or wavelengths, linked to emerging diffraction orders and guided surface waves.

In optics, Wood's anomaly refers to abrupt changes in the intensity of light diffracted by a grating at particular angles or wavelengths, linked to emerging diffraction orders and guided surface waves. This meaning comes from Hessel (1965) in Applied Optics.[1]

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References

Hessel, A., & Oliner, A. A. (1965). A New Theory of Wood’s Anomalies on Optical Gratings. Applied Optics, 4(10), 1275. https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.4.001275

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