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Light Waves

BY: YAACOUB MOUSSA


What are Light Waves?

 Light is electromagnetic radiation within a certain portion of the electromagnetic


spectrum. The word usually refers to visible light, which is the visible specrum
that is visible to the  human eye and is responsible for the sense of sight.Visible
light is usually defined as having wave lenght in the range of 3.75 × 1014 to 7.714
×1014 m
 In vacuum or in air the wavelength of the visible light waves rsnge between
400nm and 800nm
Note: nm is Nano meter
1nm= 10-9
The Visible Spectrum
 For each wavelength value corresponds a particular color of light
Disk of Newton
There are 2 types of light :
Monochromatic light
Polychromatic light

Monocromatic Polychromatic
Infrared and Ultraviolet
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