THE PROPERTIES OF LIGHT

1. REFRACTION
Refraction is a phenomenon in which there is a change in the speed of light as it travels from
one medium to another and there is a bending of light the refracted ray. The following laws
-The incident ray, the refracted ray and the normal to the surface at the point of incidence all lie
in the same plane.
-For the given pair of media and for the light of the given wavelength, the ratio of the sin of the
angle of incidence to the sin of the angle of refraction is always a constant.
2. Reflection of light: Each light obeys the law of reflection, which either stipulates that the angle
of incidence equivalent to the angle of reflection.
3. Dispersion: Whenever white light has been sent through a prism, it divides into different
shades dependent on its own wavelength.
4. Diffraction: Diffraction seems to be the phenomenon of bending light across tiny obstacle
angles and therefore its penetration further into geometric extent refers.
5. Polarization of light: Ordinary light resonates perpendicular to the transmission of light
throughout all orientations. When light is restricted to vibrating in just one plane, it is referred to
be polarised light.
6. Interference of light: This would be the phenomenon of light intensity alteration caused by the
rearrangement of light sources of energy of a combination of two or more visible light.