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- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Bowdoin_College/Phys1140%3A_Introductory_Physics_II%3A_Part_2/01%3A_The_Nature_of_Light/1.01%3A_Prelude_to_The_Nature_of_LightMaxwell’s equations predict the existence of electromagnetic waves and their behavior. Examples of light include radio and infrared waves, visible light, ultraviolet radiation, and X-rays. Interesting...Maxwell’s equations predict the existence of electromagnetic waves and their behavior. Examples of light include radio and infrared waves, visible light, ultraviolet radiation, and X-rays. Interestingly, not all light phenomena can be explained by Maxwell’s theory. Experiments performed early in the twentieth century showed that light has corpuscular, or particle-like, properties.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Muhlenberg_College/Physics_122%3A_General_Physics_II_(Collett)/10%3A_The_Nature_of_Light/10.01%3A_Prelude_to_The_Nature_of_LightMaxwell’s equations predict the existence of electromagnetic waves and their behavior. Examples of light include radio and infrared waves, visible light, ultraviolet radiation, and X-rays. Interesting...Maxwell’s equations predict the existence of electromagnetic waves and their behavior. Examples of light include radio and infrared waves, visible light, ultraviolet radiation, and X-rays. Interestingly, not all light phenomena can be explained by Maxwell’s theory. Experiments performed early in the twentieth century showed that light has corpuscular, or particle-like, properties.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Georgia_State_University/GSU-TM-Introductory_Physics_II_(1112)/10%3A_Geometrical_Optics/10.01%3A_Prelude_to_The_Nature_of_LightThe idea that light can display both wave and particle characteristics is called wave-particle duality, which is examined in Photons and Matter Waves. Due to the viewing angle, total internal reflecti...The idea that light can display both wave and particle characteristics is called wave-particle duality, which is examined in Photons and Matter Waves. Due to the viewing angle, total internal reflection is not occurring at the top edge of this image, and we can see a view of activities on the pool deck. (credit: modification of work by “jayhem”/Flickr) In the next few chapters, we investigate the behavior of light when it interacts with optical devices such as mirrors, lenses, and apertures.
