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Draw a diagram to show the refraction of a plane wave front incident on a convex lens and hence draw the refracted wavefront.

Important Questions on Wave Optics

HARD
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.
MEDIUM

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,

MEDIUM
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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State Huygens' principle.

MEDIUM
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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Calculate the longest wavelength that can be analysed by a rock salt crystal of spacing d=2.82 Ao in the first order.

 

MEDIUM
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?
HARD
Using Huygens’s wave theory, derive Snell’s law of refraction.
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When light propagates through a material medium of relative permittivity ϵr and relative permeability μr, the velocity of light, v is given by : (c - velocity of light in vacuum)
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Light follows wave nature because
MEDIUM

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

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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?
HARD
Explain refraction of light on the basis of wave theory. Hence prove the laws of refraction.
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What is the phase difference between any two points lying on the same wavefront?

HARD
Using Huygens' principle, establish the law of reflection.
HARD
Write the Huygens principle and prove the Snell's law of refractive with its help.
MEDIUM

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?

 

HARD

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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The wave front is a surface in which
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The shape of wave front at a very large distance from source is ________.