Conceptual Physics: The High School Physics Program
Conceptual Physics: The High School Physics Program
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ISBN: 9780133647495
Author: Paul G. Hewitt
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Chapter 31, Problem 15A
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The difference between the laser light and the ordinary lamp light.

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Two wave sources are said to be perfectly coherent when they have same waveform, frequency and also have a constant phase difference.

  Conceptual Physics: The High School Physics Program, Chapter 31, Problem 15A , additional homework tip  1

Two wave source are said to be incoherent when they do not have identical frequency and wavelength.

  Conceptual Physics: The High School Physics Program, Chapter 31, Problem 15A , additional homework tip  2

Light from laser source is coherent in nature that is the light has same phase, frequency and waveform while the light from the ordinary table lamp is incoherent in nature that is the light do not have same frequency and phase.

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