The colours we see are the wavelengths that are reflected or transmitted. For example, a red shirt looks red because the dye molecules in the fabric have absorbed the wavelengths of light from the violet/blue end of the spectrum.
Answer:
When the electric field due to one is a maximum, the electric field due to the other is also a maximum, and this relation is maintained as time passes.
Explanation:
Phase of a wave or light ray is the instantaneous situation of the cycle in which the wave is at a given time.
When two waves are in phase means that the maximum and minimum of both coincide in time. They are in the same point of their cycle at the same time. And this relationship is maintained as time passes.
The waves can also be visualized as the oscillation of an electric field. (usually plotted like a sine function).
So the fact that two waves are in phase means that the maximums of their electric field coincide in time.
Answer:
When white light passes through the prism ,different colours suffers deviation through different angles and light appears to be dispersed. But in a hollow prism dispersion does not take place as all the colours travel with same speed in the air inside hollow prism. Thus no angular dispersion is there.
