Chapter 27 - Physical Optics: Pre-U Text Physics Volume 2
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PRE-U TEXT
Physics Volume 2
Chapter 27 Physical Optics
Practice 27
At the end of this chapter you must know the following:
Huygens Principle
Interference
Air Wedge
Thin Film
Polarisation
STPM : 1999, P1/Q29; 2002, P1/Q5; 2005, P1/Q15; 2005, P1/Q16; 2005, P1/Q18
Reference : Pages 235 to 236
Guide
Huygens Principle
Each point on an existing wave front can be considered to be a point source
of secondary wavelets. Each point source emits wavelets of the same
frequency as the propagating waves. The speed of the wavelets is determined
by the medium through which the waves propagate.
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Interference
Constructive interference
Destructive interference
Coherent sources
Definition The sources of similar waves are coherent if the waves they
produce have the same frequency, amplitude and a constant
phase difference.
p = m p = optical path difference
m = 0, 1, 2, 3an integer constructive interference
For destructive interference,
p = (m + 1/2)
Youngs interference pattern
y = D y = fringe separation
a
Thin Film
p = 2nt cos
2nt = (m + ) (constructive)
2nt = m (destructive)
t = (/4n) t = minimum thickness of the thin film
Diffraction Grating
dsinm = m
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Polarisation
