Home
Class 12
PHYSICS
The idea of secondary wavelets for the p...

The idea of secondary wavelets for the propagation of a wave was first given by

A

Newton

B

Huygens

C

Maxwell

D

Fresnel

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

The correct Answer is:
B
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • WAVE OPTICS

    NCERT FINGERTIPS|Exercise Refraction And Reflection Of A Plane Waves Using Huygens Experiment|9 Videos

  • WAVE OPTICS

    NCERT FINGERTIPS|Exercise Coherent And Incoherent Addition Of Waves|7 Videos

  • SEMICONDUCTOR ELECTRONICS : MATERIALS , DEVICES AND SIMPLE CIRCUITS

    NCERT FINGERTIPS|Exercise Assertion And Reason|15 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

Propagation Of Sound Waves

The propagation of sound waves in a gas involves

Huygens concepts of secondary wavelets

The idea of matter waves was given by

As a wave propagates

Sky Wave Propagation

Idea of vaccination was first given by whom ?

If V is the velocity of the wave and omega is the angular velocity then the propagation constant (K) of the wave is given by

NCERT FINGERTIPS-WAVE OPTICS-Assertion And Reason
  1. The idea of secondary wavelets for the propagation of a wave was first...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. Assertion : The frequencies of incident, reflected and refracted beam ...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. Assertion: When a light wave travels from a rarer to a denser medium, ...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. Assertion : Wavefronts obtained from light emitted by a point source i...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. Assertion : When a plane wave passes through a thin prism, the emergin...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. Assertion : The increase in wavelength due to doppler effect is termed...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. Assertion : Interference is not observed if the two coherent slit sour...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. Assertion : When a thin transparent sheet is placed in front of both t...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. Statement-I : In Young's double slit experiment interference pattern d...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. Assertion : The fringe closest on either side of the central white fri...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. Assertion : All bright interference bands have same intensity. Reaso...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. Assertion : If we look clearly at the shadow cast by an opaque object,...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. Assertion : If the light from an ordinary source passes through a pola...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. Assertion : Sound waves cannot be polarized. Reason : Sound waves ar...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. Assertion : In interference and diffraction, light energy is redistrib...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. Assertion : Intensity pattern of interference and diffraction are not ...

    Text Solution

    |