Wave Optics: Introduction and Historical Background

What was the primary reason why the wave theory of light was not readily accepted?

What was firmly established by Thomas Young's interference experiment in 1801?

What is the field of optics in which the finiteness of wavelength is completely neglected called?

Who put forward the famous electromagnetic theory of light, explaining how light waves can propagate through vacuum?

According to Maxwell, what produces the propagation of electromagnetic waves (or light waves) even in vacuum?

According to the wave theory of light, what does it predict when light bends towards the normal on refraction?

Who initially put forward the wave theory of light?

What did Descartes' corpuscular model predict about the speed of light in the second medium on refraction?

Who is often attributed to the corpuscular model of light due to the popularity of his book 'OPTICKS'?

Which experiment, carried out by Foucault in 1850, confirmed the prediction made by the wave model of light?

Who put forward the wave theory of light?

What did Descartes' corpuscular model predict about the speed of light in the second medium on refraction?

What experiment, carried out by Foucault in 1850, confirmed the prediction made by the wave model of light?

According to the wave theory of light, what does it predict when light bends towards the normal on refraction?

Who is often attributed to the corpuscular model of light due to the popularity of his book 'OPTICKS'?

What experiment, performed by Thomas Young in 1801, firmly established that light is a wave phenomenon?

What branch of optics completely neglects the finiteness of the wavelength?

Who put forward the famous electromagnetic theory of light, explaining how light waves can propagate through vacuum?

What does the wave theory of light predict when light bends towards the normal on refraction?

What was the primary reason why the wave theory of light was not readily accepted?