Web Optics New Syllabus
Web Optics New Syllabus
phase of oscillation
at any instant.
Depending upon the shape of the source wave front are of different types.
(i) Plane wave front
(ii) Spherical wave front
(iii) Cylindrical wave front
Huygens’ Principle:
• According to Huygens’ each point on the given wave front
(called primary wave front) acts as an independent source of
light called secondary source.
• Wave front of this secondary source is called secondary
wavelet, which travels in all directions with the velocity of light
in the given medium.
• A surface touching these secondary wavelets, tangentially in
the forward direction at any instant gives the new wave front
at that instant.
𝐼𝑛 ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶
𝐵𝐶
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑖 =
𝐴𝐶
𝑣1 𝑡
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑖 = − − − (1)
𝐴𝐶
𝐼𝑛 ∆𝐴𝐷𝐶
𝐴𝐷
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑟 =
𝐴𝐶
𝑣2 𝑡
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑟 = − − − (2)
𝐴𝐶
sin 𝑖 𝑣1
=
sin 𝑟 𝑣2
sin 𝑖 𝑐 𝑣1
=
sin 𝑟 𝑐 𝑣2
sin 𝑖 𝑛2
=
sin 𝑟 𝑛1
[ 𝒏𝟏 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒊 = 𝒏𝟐 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒓 ]
Wave front after reflection or refraction through mirror, lens and prism
Doppler Effect
Whenever there is a relative motion between the source and observer then the apparent frequency of light received by the
observer is different from the actual frequency emitted by the source. This effect is called Doppler’s effect. The effect can be
used to measure the speed of an approaching or receding object.
Change in Frequency for the source moving away from the observer.
∆𝑓 𝑣
= −
𝑓 𝑐
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑣 = 𝑓𝜆
𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒
0 = 𝑓Δ𝜆 + 𝜆Δ𝑓
∆𝝀 ∆𝒇
[ = − ]
𝝀 𝒇
Coherent sources:- Two sources of light which continuously emit light waves of same frequency (or wavelength) with a zero
or constant phase difference between them, are called coherent sources.
Incoherent sources:- Two sources of light which do not emit light waves with a constant phase difference are called
incoherent sources.
Position of Constructive interference , the path difference must be an even multiple of 𝜆/2 ,
𝑦𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 2𝑛𝜆/2
𝑦𝑑
= 𝑛𝜆
𝐷
𝜆𝐷
𝑦𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 𝑛
𝑑
Position of Destructive interference , the path difference must be an odd multiple of 𝜆/2 ,
𝑦𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 2𝑛𝜆/2
𝑦𝑑
= 𝑛𝜆
𝐷
𝜆𝐷
𝑦𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 𝑛
𝑑
Fringe width: It is the distance between two consecutive maxima or minima.
𝑤 = 𝑦𝑛 − 𝑦𝑛−1
𝜆𝐷 𝜆𝐷
𝑤= 𝑛 − (𝑛 − 1)
𝑑 𝑑
𝝀𝑫
[𝒘= ]
𝒅
Interference fringes with white light : When the slits are illuminated with white light, the interference pattern consist of a
central white fringe having on both sides a few coloured fringes and then a general illumination.
Conditions for sustained interference:-
(i) Two sources of light must be coherent.
(ii) The frequencies (or wavelength) of the two waves should be equal.
(iii) The light must be monochromatic.
(iv) The amplitudes of the interfering waves must be equal or nearly equal.
(v) The two sources must be narrow.
Diffraction: The phenomenon of bending of light around the corners of an obstacle is called the diffraction of light.
Diffraction due to Single Slit
➢ The single-slit diffraction pattern shows the central maximum 𝜃 = 0.
1 𝜆
➢ Minima occurs at angular separation 𝜃 = (𝑛 + )
2 𝑎
𝜆
➢ Minima occurs at angular separation 𝜃 = 𝑛
𝑎
𝜆
➢ Angular spread of the central maxima 𝜃 = 2
𝑎