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Define the term ‘wave front of light’. A plane wave front AB propagating from denser medium (1) into a rarer medium (2) is incident on the surface P_1P_2separating the two media as shown in fig. Using Huygen’s principle, draw the secondary wavelets and obtain the refracted wave front in the diagram.

 

 
 
 
 
 

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The wavefront is a surface of constant phase.

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