Huygen's Principle

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Huygen's Principle: Overview

This topic consists of various concepts like Spherical Wavefront,Terms in Wave Principle,Wavefront and Concave Lens, etc.

Important Questions on Huygen's Principle

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For light diverging from a finite point source

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A plane wave front is incident on a thin prism, thin convex lens and a concave mirror separately. The wave front(s) emerging out from the

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A plane wave front MN passing through a system S emerges as a plane wave front PQ. The system S could be

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Define the term 'wave front of light'. A plane wave front AB propagating from denser medium 1 into a rarer medium 2 is incident on the surface P1P2 separating the two media as shown in fig.

Using Huygen's principle, draw the secondary wavelets and obtain the refracted wave front in the diagram.

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What is the shape of wavefront due to source is at infinite distance.

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Define wavefront. Draw the shape of refracted wavefront when the plane incident wave undergoes refraction from an optically denser medium to rarer medium. Hence, prove Snell’s law of refraction.

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List the terminologies related to Huygens' principle.

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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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A plane wave passes through a convex lens. The geometrical shape of the wavefront that emerges is

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Huygen’s concept of secondary wave

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Wavefront is the locus of all points, where the particles of the medium vibrate with the same

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The locus of all particles in a medium, vibrating in the same phase is called

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With regard to wavefronts, select the wrong statement:

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What is wavefront and example?

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How do you make a wavefront on a plane?

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What is a plane wavefront?

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How do you make a wavefront on a plane?

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What is the difference between concave and convex lens?

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What is a concave lense?

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How do concave lenses affect waves?