Wave Optics

This topic covers concepts such as Result of Foucault Experiments of Light and Fizeau’s Method to Determine Speed of Light.

This topic covers concepts such as Wave Optics, Huygens 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, etc.

This topic covers concepts such as Properties of Light Waves, Coherence of Light Waves, Types of Coherence, Temporal Coherence, Spatial Coherence, Coherent Light Wave Production, Division of Wave Front, etc.

This topic covers concepts such as Young's Double Slit Experiment, Terms in YDSE, Central Maximum and Numbering of Fringes, Importance of Slits and Holes in YDSE, Importance of Slit Width in YDSE, etc.

This topic covers concepts such as Fresnel's Biprism, Angles of Biprism, Screen Distance in Biprism, Ray Diagram of Biprism Experiment, Biprism Experimental Arrangement, etc.

This topic covers concepts such as Path Difference in Reflected Waves from Thin Film, Constructive Interference in Reflected Light Waves, Destructive Interference in Reflected Light Waves, etc.

This topic covers concepts such as Diffraction of Light Waves, Properties of Diffraction, Diffraction from Aperture, Wavelength and Size of Aperture, Diffraction at Single Slit, Explanation of Diffraction Using Huygens Principle, etc.

This topic covers concepts such as Fraunhofer Diffraction, Properties of Fraunhofer Diffraction, Fraunhofer Distance between Source and Screen, Fraunhofer Shape of Incident or Diffracted Wavefront, etc.

This topic covers concepts such as Fresnel Diffraction, Properties of Fresnel Diffraction, Fresnel Distance between Source and Screen, Fresnel Shape of Incident or Diffracted Wavefront, Fresnel Distance, and so on.

This topic covers concepts such as Diffraction Grating: Structure and Function, Working of Diffraction Grating, Zero Order Maximum in Diffraction Grating, Condition of Higher Order Maximum in Diffraction Grating, and so on.

This topic covers concepts such as Resolving Power of Optical Instruments, Types of Resolution, Linear Resolving Power, Angular Resolving Power, Resolving Limit of Optical Instruments, Resolving Limit of Microscope, etc.

This topic covers concepts such as Polarisation of Light Waves, Terms in Polarisation, Unpolarised Light Wave, Plane of Polarisation, and Plane of Vibration.

This topic covers concepts such as Linearly Polarised Light Waves, Production of Polarised Light, Polarisation by Reflection, Polarising Angle, Brewster's Law, Angle of Incidence Greater than Polarising Angle, etc.

This topic covers concepts such as Circular Polarised Light and Elliptically Polarised Light.

This topic covers concepts such as Polarisation by Refraction, Polarisation by Dichroism, Polarisation by Scattering, Nichol Prism and Plane Polarised Light, Construction of Nicol Prism, Polarisation of Light by Nicol Prism, etc.

This topic covers concepts such as Doppler's Effect in Light Waves, Light Source Moving towards Stationary Observer, Light Source Moving away from Stationary Observer, Doppler Broadening, Application of Doppler's Effect, etc.