Spherical wave fronts, emanating from a point source, strike a plane reflecting surface…
Physics · Class 12 · CBSE — Wave Optics
Spherical wave fronts, emanating from a point source, strike a plane reflecting surface. What will happen to these wave fronts, immediately after reflection?
- They will remain spherical with the same curvature, both in magnitude and sign.
- They will become plane wave fronts.
- They will remain spherical, with the same curvature, but sign of curvature reversed.
- They will remain spherical, but with different curvature, both in magnitude and sign.
Answer
(C) They will remain spherical, with the same curvature, but sign of curvature reversed.
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