Huygens' principle of secondary wavelets may be used to

  • A
    Find the velocity of light in vacuum
  • B
    Explain the particle behaviour of light
  • C
    Find the new position of the wavefront
  • D
    Explain photoelectric effect

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In the adjoining diagram, a wavefront $AB$ moving in air is incident on a plane glass surface $XY$. Its position $CD$ after refraction through a glass slab is shown along with the normals drawn at $A$ and $D$. The refractive index of glass with respect to air $(\mu = 1)$ will be equal to

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Which of the following generates a plane wavefront?

What is the shape of the wavefront in each of the following cases:
$(a)$ Light diverging from a point source.
$(b)$ Light emerging out of a convex lens when a point source is placed at its focus.
$(c)$ The portion of the wavefront of light from a distant star intercepted by the Earth.

Carefully analyze the given diagrams and choose the correct option regarding the refraction of a plane wavefront by a thin convex lens:

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Write the limitation of Huygen's principle.

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