What Is wave optics
Dheeraj AskIITians , 11 Years ago
Grade 12
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Vinay Gopal
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In physics, physical optics, or wave optics, is the branch of optics which studies interference, diffraction, polarization, and other phenomena for which the ray approximation of geometric optics is not valid.
sridhar yelkur
Last Activity: 11 Years ago
it''s about wave discription
Sumit Majumdar
Last Activity: 11 Years ago
Dear student,
Some properties of light can be explained only by treating it as a wave, while others can be explained only by treating it as a particle. The phenomena that can only be explained with a wave model of light is covered in Wave Optics.
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Sumit Majumdar,
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