Ray and Wave Optics (Weightage 1%)  

Topics from Ray and Wave Optics

  • Reflection and refraction of light at plane and spherical surfaces (23 concepts)
  • mirror formula (9 concepts)
  • Deviation and Dispersion of light by a prism, (7 concepts)
  • Lens Formula, Magnification (2 concepts)
  • Power of a Lens, Combination of thin lenses in contact (8 concepts)
  • Resolving power of microscopes and astronomical telescopes (4 concepts)
  • Microscope and Astronomical Telescope (reflecting and refracting) and their magnifying powers. (2 concepts)
  • Expression for fringe width,coherent sources and sustained interference of light (10 concepts)
  • Interference,Young's double slit experiment (6 concepts)
  • Diffraction due to single slit, width of central maximum (3 concepts)
  • Polaristaion, Plane polarized light (1 concepts)
  • Reflection of light (7 concepts)
  • Maxwell's Displacement Current (2 concepts)
  • Electromagnetic Waves and their properties (3 concepts)
  • Refraction of light (4 concepts)
  • Lenses (12 concepts)
  • Optical Instruments (4 concepts)
  • Introduction to wave optics (4 concepts)
  • Polarization of light (2 concepts)
  • Interference and Diffraction of light wave (7 concepts)
  • Resolving power of optical instruments (3 concepts)
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