Rayleigh stated the basic idea of reciprocity as a consequence of the linearity of propagation of small vibrations, light consisting of sinusoidal vibrations in a linear medium.
These were the first type of antireflection coating known, having been discovered by Lord Rayleigh in 1886.
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