A plane wavefront travels from air to glass and is obliquely incident on a plane glass surface. Which of the following quantities, for the wavefront, will change?
A
width of the wavefront
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B
speed of the wavefront
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C
direction of travel, of the wavefront
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D
All of the above
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Solution
The correct option is D All of the above As a plane wavefront travels from air to glass, its
(i) speed decreases
(ii) width increases
(iii) the direction of travel changes