When monochromatic light incidents on a surface, the reflected and refracted wave will have the same frequency. Why?

Pathshala Nepal

3 years ago

When monochromatic light incidents on a surface, the reflected and refracted wave will have the same frequency. Why?

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Pathshala Nepal

3 years ago

When monochromatic light incidents on a surface, the reflected and refracted wave will have the same frequency because the frequency is the empirical parameter of the light wave. It is the characteristics of the source that produce the wave.

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