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Wave Optics Project

This document outlines an investigatory project on wave optics for Class XII students, covering key topics such as interference, diffraction, and polarization of light. It includes sections on theory, historical context, experimental setups, and real-life applications. The project aims to demonstrate the wave nature of light through experiments like Young's Double Slit Experiment.

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Wave Optics Project

This document outlines an investigatory project on wave optics for Class XII students, covering key topics such as interference, diffraction, and polarization of light. It includes sections on theory, historical context, experimental setups, and real-life applications. The project aims to demonstrate the wave nature of light through experiments like Young's Double Slit Experiment.

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INVESTIGATORY PROJECT ON WAVE OPTICS

Subject: Physics

Class: XII

Session: 2025-26

Submitted by: [Your Name]

Roll Number: [Your Roll No.]

School Name: [Your School Name]

Board: CBSE
INDEX
1. Acknowledgement

2. Certificate

3. Introduction

4. Objective

5. Theory

6. History of Wave Optics

7. Nature of Light

8. Huygens’ Principle

9. Interference of Light

10. Young’s Double Slit Experiment

11. Diffraction of Light

12. Polarisation of Light

13. Applications of Wave Optics

14. Real-life Observations

15. Experimental Setup

16. Procedure

17. Observations

18. Calculations

19. Result

20. Conclusion

21. Precautions

22. Bibliography
INTRODUCTION
Wave optics, also known as physical optics, is a branch of optics that studies interference,
diffraction, polarisation, and other phenomena for which the ray approximation of geometrical
optics is not valid.

YOUNG’S DOUBLE SLIT EXPERIMENT


This experiment demonstrates the interference of light and helps prove the wave nature of light.

DIFFRACTION OF LIGHT
Diffraction is the bending of light around corners or the spreading of light waves when they pass
through small openings.

POLARISATION OF LIGHT
Polarisation refers to the orientation of the oscillations of light waves in a specific direction.

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