wavelength So, total energy in one wavelength Therefore average power is See also Longitudinal wave Luminiferous aether – the postulated medium for light waves; accepting that light was a transverse wave prompted a search for evidence of this physical medium Shear wave splitting Sinusoidal plane-wave solutions of the electromagnetic wave equation Transverse mode Elastography Shear-wave elasticity imaging References External links Interactive simulation of transverse wave Wave types explained with high speed film and animations Transverse and Longitudinal Waves Introductory module on these waves at Connexions Wave mechanics Acoustics Waves Polarization (waves)