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Explain the reflection of a plane wave using Huygen's principle. |
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Answer» Solution :Consider a PLANE wave AB incident at an angle i on a reflecting SURFACE MN. The velocity of wave in MEDIUM is v and `tau` is time to move the wavefront from POINT B to C. `:.BC=vtau` As shown in figure plane wave AB is incident on reflective surface MN and its reflective wavefront is СE. In figure `DeltaEAC and DeltaBAC` are similar triangles, Here, `AE=BC=vtau` `angleAEC=angleABC` and AC=AC hence `angleBAC=angleECA` `:.i=r` is the law of reflection. |
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