Study guide H C Verma JEE Physics Ch. 17 LIGHT WAVES

JEE Syllabus

Wave nature of light:
Huygen’s principle,
interference limited to Young’s double-slit experiment.



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1. Waves or Particles
2. The nature of light waves
3. Huygen's principles
4. Young's double hole experiment
5. Young's double slit experiment
6. Optical path
7. Interference from thin films
Fresnel's Biprism
9. coherent and incoherent sources
10. Diffreaction of light
11. Fraunhofer Diffraction by a single slit
12.Fraunhofer Diffraction by a circular aperture
13.Fresnel diffraction at a straight edge
14.Limit of resolution
15.scattering of light
16. Polarization of light
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Study Plan
Day 1
1. Waves or Particles
2. The nature of light waves

Day 2
3. Huygen's principles
Worked out examples 1,2

Day 3
4. Young's double hole experiment
5. Young's double slit experiment
Day 4
6. Optical path
7. Interference from thin films
8. Fresnel's Biprism
9. coherent and incoherent sources

Day 5
WOE 3 to 7
Exerciese 1 to 5

Day 6
10. Diffraction of light
11. Fraunhofer Diffraction by a single slit
12.Fraunhofer Diffraction by a circular aperture

Day 7
13.Fresnel diffraction at a straight edge
14.Limit of resolution
15.scattering of light

Day 8
WoE 8 to 11
Exercises 6 to 10

Day 9
16. Polarization of light
Exercises 11 to 25

Day 10
Exercises 26 to 35

Day 11
Exercises 36 to 41


Day 12
Objective I 1 to 17


Day 13
Objective II 1 to 10


Day 14
Questions for short answer 1 to 11
Concept review - Formula review







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Concepts covered


2. The nature of light waves

In a wave motion, there is some quantity which changes its value with time and space.

That quantity is the electric field existing in space where light travels.

The electric field is transverse to to the direction of propagation of light.
The equation of such light wave may be written as

E - E₀ sin ω(t-x/v)

Light of single wavelength is called monochromatic light.

Huygen's principle

Various points of an arbitrary surface, when reached by a wave front, become secondary sources of light emitting secondary wavelets. The disturbance beyond the surface results from the superposition of these secondary wavelets.

Updated 1 May 2016,  23 Oct 2007