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When monochromatic light travels from one medium to another its wavelength changes but frequency remains the same. Explain.

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Atoms (of the second medium) oscillate with the same (incident light) frequency and in turn, emit light of the same frequency.
Alternatively,
Frequency of light may be viewed as a property of the source and not of the medium.
Alternatively,
From Huygen.s principle, we find that
`(v_(1))/(lambda_(1))=(v_(2))/(lambda_(2))=n`(Frequency)
Hence frequency remains the same.
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