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Many think a laser travels in a straight line due to it being made of particles since particles travel in a straight line when not acted upon by a force. This is not why a laser is straight.
A laser is actually a wave and waves are able to travel around corners. If you notice, ocean waves actually seem to bend around corners. Sound waves do the same thing so that you can hear someone in another room. Light waves can do the same thing. The reason they don't is because they are much smaller than the opening they pass through. Ocean and sound waves have a much longer wavelength than light does. If ocean waves passed into a harbor they would also travel in a straight line. When the wavelength is much smaller than the opening they pass through the interferance created by the corners of the opening, destroying all the waves that are not moving in the direction of the waves before they passed through the opening. Therefore, it is wave interference that causes it to be so straight.
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How do you demonstrate that lights travel straight path?
One way to demonstrate that light travels in a straight path is by using a laser pointer. When you point the laser at a wall, the light beam will create a straight line from the laser to the wall. This shows that light travels in straight lines unless it encounters an obstacle or is refracted by a medium.
Do photons travel in a straight line?
Yes, they do. But they sometimes travel a straight line through bent space.
What is a form of concentrated light that travels in a straight line for long distances?
A laser beam is a form of concentrated light that travels in a straight line for long distances. It is created by stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation.
What combinations of mediums will produce a straight line of light?
Any combination with the same refractive index of light. i.e. The (dark energy/quntaum vacuum) interstellar medium, and plasma.
What is the property of light to travel in a straight line is known as?
The property of light to travel in a straight line is known as rectilinear propagation. This means that light travels in a straight path until it encounters an obstacle or medium that causes it to change direction.
How do you demonstrate that lights travel straight path?
One way to demonstrate that light travels in a straight path is by using a laser pointer. When you point the laser at a wall, the light beam will create a straight line from the laser to the wall. This shows that light travels in straight lines unless it encounters an obstacle or is refracted by a medium.
A narrow beam of light that travels in a straight line is a?
A laser
What is An instrument used to construct straight lines.?
A straight edge or a rule are used to construct straight lines. Laser line setter, In some cases a plumb line
What is the shape of the path of a laser beam?
Since a laser beam is light all moving on the same direction, the path of a laser beam will be a straight line, inless it is redirected by a reflective surface.
What kind of line does light travel through?
Straight line.
When does light travel in straight line?
no it does not
Why does a gulf stream travel in a straight line?
it does not
Do sound waves travel in a straight line?
no
Do photons travel in a straight line?
Yes, they do. But they sometimes travel a straight line through bent space.
What is a form of concentrated light that travels in a straight line for long distances?
A laser beam is a form of concentrated light that travels in a straight line for long distances. It is created by stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation.
If light didn't travel in a straight line?
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Do light travel only in a straight line?
yes
