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The refracted wavefront of the plane wavefront from prism will be wavefront which is inclined to the incident plane.

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Important Questions on Wave Optics

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Define the term wavefront. Using Huygen's wave theory, verify the law of reflection.
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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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How fast would a rocket have to go relative to an observer for its length to be corrected to 99% of its length at rest? c=3×108ms-1

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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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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.
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A beam of light with a plane wavefront needs to be transformed into one with a convergent spherical wavefront. For this purpose, which of the following may be suitable?
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Light follows wave nature because
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The phase difference between E and B in an electromagnetic wave is:
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When light travels from a rarer to a denser medium, it loses speed. Does this loss imply a reduction in energy carried by the light waves?

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What is the energy in joules associated with a photon of wavelength  4000 A .
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The wavelength of an electromagnetic radiation is doubled, how will the energy of the photon change?
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What is the geometrical shape of the wave front when a plane wave passes through a convex lens?

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What is internationally accepted value of velocity of light in vacuum? (All nine digits).
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A radio transmitter operates at a frequency 0f 880 kHz and a power of 10 kW. The number of photons emitted per second are :
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A monochromatic plane wave of speed c and wavelength λ  is diffracted at a small aperture. The diagram illustrates successive wavefronts (vibrating in same phase). After what time will some portion of the wavefront XY reach P?

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Represent the union of two sets by Venn diagram for each of the following.

X={x | x is a prime number between 80 and 100}

Y={y | y is an odd number between 90 and 100}

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Plane wavefront can be obtained from
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Does the speed of light in an isotropic medium, depend upon (i) nature of source, (ii) direction of propagation, (iii) intensity of the wave, (iv) motion of the source/observer, (v) wavelength?

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Green light of mercury has a wavelength of 5.5×107m in air. What is its frequency in MHz and period in s?
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What does the speed of light in vacuum depends on?