According to Huygens principle, the amplitude of secondary wavelets is
Physics · Class 12 · CBSE — Wave Optics
According to Huygens principle, the amplitude of secondary wavelets is
- equal in both the forward and the backward directions.
- maximum in the forward direction and zero in the backward direction.
- large in the forward direction and small in the backward direction.
- small in the forward direction and large in the backward direction.
Answer
(C) large in the forward direction and small in the backward direction.
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