Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Wave Optics

Question:

Which of the following is a direct use of Huygen's Principle?

  1. Determining new position of wavefront at a time.
  2. Determining the phase of the wavefront after refraction.
  3. Determining the phase of wavefront after reflection.
Options:

only 1

1 and 2

1 and 3

1, 2 and 3

Correct Answer:

only 1

Explanation:
  1. On reflection from a denser medium, the phase changes by π.
  2. On refraction, the phase remains constant.