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EASTERN VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY

CARIGARA CAMPUS
Brgy. Barugohay Norte Carigara, Leyte

GROUP MEMBERS: COURSE, YEAR & SEC: BSED SCI-2B


ERA S. ASIS JOAN LLOVIA
MARLON P. BARONDA JOSHUA MACALALAG
JANINE C. CLAVEROL CHRISTIAN ORIOL
DAVE CADIENTE MARCO SILVIO
JOY ERIA LEYNARD ADRALES

THE NATURE OF LIGHT

Light is a kind of energy that travels in waves. Light travels very fast and in
straight lines. It can travel through a vacuum, the speed is a constant. C=3x10^8m/s.

Some characteristics of light:


 The amplitude of a light wave is related to its intensity.
 The frequency of a light wave is related to its color.
 The wavelength of a light wave is inversely proportional to
its frequency.
 Phase difference between light waves can produces visible
interference effects.

NEWTON’S RING
Emulation of Newton rings under reflected light of different wavelength
WAVE NATURE OF LIGHT

Diffraction: light bens around obstacles, creating interference patterns. This


is demonstrated by shining a laser beam through a narrow slit, resulting in a pattern
of bright and dark bands on a screen.

Interference: when two light waves meet, they can reinforce each other
(constructive interference) or cancel each other out (destructive interference),
creating patterns of light and dark. This is observed in the famous double-slit
experiment.

Polarization: light waves oscillate in different directions. A polarizing filter


allows only light waves oscillating in a specific direction to pass through, hence
reducing the intensity of light.

PARTICLE NATURE OF LIGHT

Photoelectric effect: when light shines on a metal surface, electrons are


emitted. The energy of the emitted electrons depends on the frequency of the light,
not its intensity, suggesting that light exits as packets of energy called photons.

Compton scattering: when x-rays interact with electrons, they lose energy and
change direction. This phenomenon is best explained by considering light as
particles that collide with electrons.

WAVE THEORY OF LIGHT

The wave theory, originally proposed by Robert Hooke in the 1600s, proposes
that light can act as waves as opposed to particles. It claims that waves can interfere
with each other as well as have additive effects. Also, different colors are different
wavelengths.

A downfall to this theory is that if it were true, light would require a medium to
travel through as sound does (for example, light can travel through space but cannot
sound).

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