Huygen’s Principle
Huygen’s Principle: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Huygen's Wave Principle, Terms in Wave Principle, Sources of Light Waves, Speed of Light Waves, Wave Fronts of Light Wave, Secondary Wavelets, Types of Wave Fronts, Spherical Wavefront, Plane Wavefront, etc.
Important Questions on Huygen’s Principle


What are the applications of Huygens principle?

What are the postulates of Huygens wave theory along with its shortcomings?






What is the difference between concave and convex lens?




After reflection from a concave mirror, a plane wave front becomes.

What is the shape of the wavefront reflected by a concave mirror when a plane wave is incident on it?




Is the speed of light in glass independent of the colour of light? If not, which of the two colours red and violet travels slower in a glass prism?

What is the shape of the wavefront in each of the following cases:
(c) The portion of the wavefront of light from a distant star intercepted by the Earth.
