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When light travels from a rarer to denser medium, it loses some speed. Does the reduction in speed imply a reduction in the energy carried by the light wave ?

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To solve the question, we need to analyze the relationship between the speed of light, its frequency, and its energy as it travels from a rarer medium to a denser medium. ### Step-by-Step Solution: 1. **Understanding Light Propagation**: - Light travels at different speeds in different media. In a rarer medium (like air), light travels faster than in a denser medium (like glass or water). **Hint**: Remember that the speed of light is affected by the medium it travels through. ...
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Assertion: When a light wave travels from a rarer to a denser medium, it loses speed. The reduction in speed imply a reduction in energy carried by the light wave. Reason: The energy of a wave is proportional to velocity of wave.

A : When a light wave travels from a rarer to a denser medium, it looses speed. The reduction in speed imply a reduction in energy carried by the light wave. R : The energy of a wave of proportional to frequency of wave.

A: When light travels from a rarer to a denser medium, it loses some speed but it doesn't imply a reduction in the energy carried by the light wave. R: Energy carried by a wave depends on the amplitude of the wave and not on the speed of wave propagation.

(i) Define term wavefront. State Huygen.s principle. (ii) consider a plane wavefront incident on a thin convex lens. Draw a proper diagram to show him the incident wavefront traverses throught the lens and after refraction focuses on the focal point of the lens, giving the shape of the emergent wavefront. (iii) When light travels from a rarer to a denser medium, it loses speed. Does, this loss imply a reduction in energy carried by the light waves.

Explain the following giving reasons : (i) When monochromatic light is incident on a surface separating two media, the reflected and refracted light both have the same frequency as the incident frequency. (ii) When ligjt travels from a rarer to a denser medium, the speed decreases. Does this decrease in speed imply a reduction in the energy carried by the wave ? (iii) In the wave picture of light, intensity of light is determined by the square of the amplitude of the wave. What determines the intensity in the photon picture of light ?

When a wave travels from a denser to rarer medium, then

When a light wave travels from air to glass :

When a ray of light from air enters a denser medium, it :

(a) State Huygen's principle . Using this principle draw a diagram to show how a plane wave front incident at the interface of the media gets refracted when it propagates from a rarer to a denser medium. Hence verify Snell's law of refraction. (b) When monochromatic light travels from a rarer to a denser medium, explain the following, giving reasons- (i) Is the frequency of reflected and refracted light same as the frequency of incident light? (ii) Does the decrease in speed imply a reduction in the energy carried by light wave?

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