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Does a laser make use of the wave nature of light or the particle nature of light or both?
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Lasers don't really "make use" of either the wave or particle nature of light. Or they make use of both. But because a laser emits what is called coherent light, it could be argued that the wave nature of light is best at describing the light the laser emits.
Lasers make use of Boltzmann energy distribution statistics, which doesn't have anything to do with the particle or wave description of light. Lasers work by creating a population inversion in a chemical compound which creates stimulated emission when excited.
Light has both wave-like and particle-like properties at the same time. It is said to exhibit particle-wave duality. Light is what it is -- the fact that we describe it using both a particle and a wave description is only a reflection of our inability to fully describe light in using one single intuitive model (because we have no intuitive experience with things that have both wave and particle properties simultaneously).
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Describe light at a glass air interface the place where the two materials meet?
Well light is both a wave and a particle. In this case it's wave nature dominates it's particle nature. SO basically the wave nature of light helps it to follow Huygens' principle which leads to reflection refraction or defraction.
What is the nature of light particle?
Light is said to exhibit wave-particle duality because it is observed to behave as both a wave and a particle. When we shine light into narrow slits, the phenomenon of interference occurs and leads us to believe that light behaves as a wave. On the other hand, if light is shone on a metal, the spray of electrons indicates light behaves as a particle. This is the dual nature (wave and particle) behaviour being referred to. Hope this helps!
What do electrons and light have in common?
Both have wave and particle behavior depending on the experiment being done.
What is the frequency of light when it behaves as particle?
Light can act like a particle when it bounces of a mirror and back at you so that you can see the image but can also act like a wave when it goes thought a small gap and spreds out aas it goes thought
What convinced scientists that light is a particle?
Nothing. Scientists believe that light can act as both a particle and a wave. Look up the famous double-slit experiment.
What are the nature of light?
Light acts like both a particle and a wave.
Who proposed the wave particle duality of nature?
Einstein. He stated that light acts as both a particle and a wave.
Describe light at a glass air interface the place where the two materials meet?
Well light is both a wave and a particle. In this case it's wave nature dominates it's particle nature. SO basically the wave nature of light helps it to follow Huygens' principle which leads to reflection refraction or defraction.
Is light a particle?
Yes. Light has both particle and wave properties.
What do you mean that light has duel nature?
That means that light - as well as subatomic particles, among other things - behaves both as a wave, and as a particle. For more information, check the Wikipedia article on "Wave-particle duality".
Is light is also mass?
Yes, light is also a mass as it contains photon and it behaves both as particle and wave nature which clearly gives states that it has a mass.
How do you detect if light is a particle or a wave?
Light is both a wave and a particle depending on circumstances; this is referred to as the wave-particle duality of light.
What is the nature of light particle?
Light is said to exhibit wave-particle duality because it is observed to behave as both a wave and a particle. When we shine light into narrow slits, the phenomenon of interference occurs and leads us to believe that light behaves as a wave. On the other hand, if light is shone on a metal, the spray of electrons indicates light behaves as a particle. This is the dual nature (wave and particle) behaviour being referred to. Hope this helps!
Who proved that light consists of tiny particles?
The nature of light has been investigated by many important scientists from Isaac Newton to Albert Einstein, but it is not correct to say that light consists of tiny particles; light has both a particle nature and a wave nature, as explained by the science of quantum mechanics; it is sometimes said to consist of wavicles.
How do electromagnetic waves behave?
They have dual nature , both wave and particle .
How does a light wave travel?
well,it shines. it travels about 8 mins, ie., 3*10^8 m/s(through vaccum) from sun to earth. it does not need a medium to travel. light exhibit both wave nature and particle nature.
What is de-Broglie theory?
The theory states that both matter and light exhibit wave and particle nature which leads tointerference effect i.e; when the wavelenght is <<<< the scale which we use it ,behaves as particle and when wavelenght >>>>the scale it behaves as wave.
