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Important Questions on Wave Optics

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Using Huygen's principle, show that the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection when a plane wavefront is reflected by a plane surface.

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What is wave front? Explain laws of refraction of light on the basis of Huygens wave theory. Draw necessary ray diagram.
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Using Huygens' construction, explain reflection of a plane wave by a plane surface
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A monochromatic light wave is incident normally on a glass slab of thickness d, as shown in the figure. The refractive index of the slab increases linearly from n1 to n2 over the height h. Which of the following statement(s) is(are) true about the light wave emerging out of the slab?

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Using Huygens' principle, establish the law of reflection.
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Prove the laws of reflection using Huygens' principle.
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Use Huygen’s principle to verify the laws of refraction.
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Using Huygens’s wave theory, derive Snell’s law of refraction.
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Derive the law of reflection using Huygen's Wave Theory.
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A light wave is incident normally on a glass slab of refractive index 1.5. If 4% of light gets reflected and the amplitude of the electric field of the incident light is 30 Vm, then the amplitude of the electric field for the wave propagating in the glass medium will be:
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Define the term wavefront. Using Huygen's wave theory, verify the law of reflection.
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When the same monochromatic ray of light travels through glass slab and through water, the number of waves in glass slab of thickness 6 cm is same as in water column of height 7 cm. If refractive index of glass is 1.5 then refractive index of water is
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Arrive at Snell's law of refraction, using Huygen's principle for refraction of a plane wave.
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When light enters glass from vacuum, then the wavelength of light
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Which one of the following physical quantities does not have unit?
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When a plane electromagnetic wave enters a glass slab, then which of the following will not change?
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Write the Huygens principle and prove the Snell's law of refractive with its help.
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Deduce  Snell's law of refraction for a plane wave using Huygens' principle.

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Define the term "refractive index" of a medium. Verify Snell's law of refraction when a plane wavefront is propagating from a denser to a rarer medium.