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Wave Optics

Telangana Open School (TOSS) · Class 12 · Physics

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Key Topics to Revise

1

Huygens' Principle and Wavefronts

  • Huygens' principle states that every point on a wavefront acts as a source of secondary wavelets.
  • The new wavefront is the forward envelope of these secondary wavelets.
  • Wavefronts can be spherical, plane, or cylindrical depending on the source.
2

Interference of Light

  • Interference occurs due to superposition of waves from coherent sources.
  • Coherent sources have the same frequency, amplitude, and constant phase difference.
  • Constructive interference: Path difference = nλ; Phase difference = 2nπ.
3

Diffraction of Light

  • Diffraction is the bending of light around obstacles or apertures comparable to its wavelength.
  • Single-slit diffraction produces a central bright maximum with weaker secondary maxima.
  • Width of central maximum is twice that of secondary maxima.
4

Polarization of Light

  • Polarization confirms light is a transverse wave.
  • Unpolarized light has vibrations in all planes perpendicular to direction of propagation.
  • Plane-polarized light has vibrations confined to one plane.

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Each point on a wavefront actsWhen two coherent light waves superposeLight bends around the edgesLight waves are transverseWhite light splits into its constituent

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