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State Huygen's principle. Using Huygen's wave theory, prove the laws of reflection.

Important Questions on Wave Optics

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Define wavefront of a travelling wave. Using Huygens principle, obtain the law of refraction at a plane interface when light passes from a denser to rarer medium.
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Considering the fact that the speed of light in glass is not independent of the colour of light, which of the statement is true?
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A light beam travelling along the X-axis with planar wavefront is incident on a medium of thickness, t. In the region, where light is falling the refractive index can be taken to be varying such that dndy>0. The light beam on the other side of the medium will emerge
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Explain refraction of light on the basis of wave theory. Hence prove the laws of refraction.
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State Huygens' principle.

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Deduce  Snell's law of refraction for a plane wave using Huygens' principle.

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The wave front is a surface in which
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Define wavefront and secondary wavelets. Establish the laws of reflection of light on the basis of Huygen's principle.
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On a hot summer night, the refractive index of air is the smallest near the ground and increases with a height from the ground. When a light beam is directed horizontally, the Huygens' principle leads us to conclude that as it travels, the light beam,

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What is the geometrical shape of the wavefront for light emerging out of a convex lens when a point-source is placed at the focus of the lens?
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Using Huygens' principle, establish the law of reflection.
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Define the term wavefront. Using Huygen's wave theory, verify the law of reflection.
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Using Huygens’s wave theory, derive Snell’s law of refraction.
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What is the phase difference between any two points lying on the same wavefront?

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State Huygens's principle of wave theory?  Using this principle derive the law of reflection or refraction. Which quantity remains unchangedwhen a light wave suffers reflection of refraction?

 

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Write the Huygens principle and prove the Snell's law of refractive with its help.
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Huygens' wave theory of light cannot explain.
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The shape of wave front at a very large distance from source is ________.
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Calculate the longest wavelength that can be analysed by a rock salt crystal of spacing d=2.82 Ao in the first order.

 

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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.