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Parikshit Adhikari
BCT, 1st sem, Pulchowk Campus
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 (5-6 lectures)

Wave Optics
• Wave nature of light
• Interference
• Polarization
• Diffraction

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 WAVE NATURE OF LIGHT

Wavefront: The locus of points in a medium which are in same phase.

Note: The direction of propagation of wave is always perpendicular to wavefront.

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Huygen’s wave principle

i) Each point on wavefront acts as secondary source.

ii) The tangential plane drawn to all wavelet in forward direction acts as a new wavefront.

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Q. Which one of the following does not support wave nature of light
a. Interference
b. Diffraction
c. Photoelectric effect
d. None

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 Types of wavefronts
Spherical wavefront
-Point source.

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𝐴∝
𝑟

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𝐼∝ 2
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Cylindrical wavefront
-Linear source

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𝐴∝
𝑟

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𝐼∝
𝑟

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Plane wavefront

𝐴 ∝ 𝑟0
𝐼 ∝ 𝑟0

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