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When monochromatic light travels from one medium to another its wavelength changes but frequency remains the same. Explain.

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Solution :Atoms (of the second medium) oscillate with the same (INCIDENT LIGHT) frequency and in turn, EMIT light of the same frequency.
Alternatively,
Frequency of light may be viewed as a property of the source and not of the medium.
Alternatively,
From Huygen.s principle, we FIND that
`(v_(1))/(lambda_(1))=(v_(2))/(lambda_(2))=n`(Frequency)
Hence frequency remains the same.


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