Figure, shows wave fronts in still water moving in the direction of the arrow towards the interface $PQ$ between a shallow region and a deep(denser) region. Which of the lines shown may represent one of the wave fronts in the deep region?
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A light beam is incident on a denser medium whose refractive index is $1.414$ at an angle of incidence $45^o$ . Find the ratio of width of refracted beam in a medium to the width of the incident beam in air
On a hot summer night, the refractive index of air is smallest near the ground and increases with height from the ground. When a light beam is directed horizontally, the Huygens' principle leads us to conclude that as it travels, the light beam
Light emerges out of a convex lens when a source of light kept at its focus. The shape of wavefront of the light is:
Newton postulated his corpuscular theory on the basis of
Explain the use of wavefront to understand wave propagation.