The phrase "a light wave" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to physics, optics, or discussions about electromagnetic radiation.
Example: "The behavior of a light wave can be described using the principles of wave optics."
Alternatives: "an electromagnetic wave" or "a wave of light".
Polarisation is the direction in which a light wave oscillates.
Nothing in the theory allows a light wave to have a speed of zero.
According to electromagnetic theory, a light wave consists of changing electric and magnetic fields.
A hologram is a tool for shaping the amplitude and the phase of a light wave.
Communication between chips with a light wave, rather than a wire, is expected to revolutionize information processing.
Einstein asked what one would see if one could run at the speed of light alongside a light wave.
After the stack has been finished drizzle molten caramel over the cone, this is best done by dipping several metal skewers into the caramel and drizzling the caramel with a light waving movement to create fine strands.
Instead of dead cells pickled on a glass slide, he photographs living cells, in cross-sections so minute that a light-wave measurement must define the distance.
The position of a light-wave front speeding from the origin at time zero should satisfy in the frame (t, x) and in the frame (t′, x′).
One Saturday night, Gould was inspired "in a flash" with a revolutionary idea: Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation, or the "laser". A light-wave amplifier would be much more powerful than a maser (which amplifies microwaves), since every photon of light has a hundred thousand times more energy than a photon of microwave energy.
A typical light wave is a regular rippling of electromagnetic fields traveling through space, much like evenly spaced ripples lapping at a straight lakeshore.
