LIGHT: MIRRORS AND

LENSES

Prepared by: Rosemarie D. Unay

NATURE OF LIGHT
• CHRISTIAN HUYGENS
• He stated that light, like sound,
have wavelike properties.
• Light exhibits properties such as
reflection, refraction, diffraction,
interference, and scattering among
others.
NATURE OF LIGHT
• ISAAC NEWTON
• Opposed the wave theory of light
• Formulated the corpuscular
theory of the particle theory of
light.
• States that light is made up of very
fast and tiny particles that travel in
straight lines (reflection and
refraction).
NATURE OF LIGHT
• JAMES MAXWELL
• He proposed that if the velocity
of propagation of the
electromagnetic disturbance is
the same as the speed of light.
• Concluded that light is a form Experimental result
on thermal radiation
of electromagnetic radiation.
NATURE OF LIGHT
• MAX PLANCK
• Planck’s Hypothesis
• Light is transmitted as discrete quanta or photon of rather than
waves.
• Earned a Nobel Prize in 1918
• E=hf
• E=energy
• f=frequency of radiation
• h=Planck’s constant, 6.63x10-34 J.s
NATURE OF LIGHT
• LOUIS DE BROGLIE
• Light has dual nature: it behaves as a particle and as wave.