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

A

Newton

B

Huygens

C

Maxwell

D

Fresnel

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  11. Rays diverge from a point source of a wavefront that is

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  12. Young's experiment establishes that

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  13. Monochromatic green light of wavelength 5 xx 10^(-7) m illuminates a ...

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  14. In Young's double slit interference experiment, the slit separation is...

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  15. In Young's double-slit experiment, the separation between the slits is...

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  16. The maximum intensity of fringes in Young's experiment is I. If one of...

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  17. In a Young's double slit experiment, the central point on the screen i...

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  18. In a Young's double slit experiment, the fringe width is found to be 0...

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  19. In YDSE, d = 2 mm, D = 2 m, and lambda = 500 nm. If intensities of two...

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  20. In a Young's double slit experiment the intensity at a point where tha...

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