Why ordinary sources of light such as bulb, flash light,.. etc cannot behave as coherent sources?
12223
Why is a filament lamp an incoherent light source?
52389
Why does a CD work as a diffraction grating even with light from a light bulb?
84291
Do the integral forms of Maxwell's Equations have limited applicability because of retardation?
35411
If blackbody radiation at 6000K peaks in the optical, why aren't fluorescent bulbs at 6000K?
26074
Seeing strange things in light
13122
Why doesn't the frequency of light change during refraction?
62075
Does a "capacitor" for light exist, which could filter out flickering?
42751
Why do we think of light as a wave?
49023
Why wave theory cannot explain photoelectric effect and provides evidence for particle nature of light?
84719
Why does a light beam in a moving light clock follows a V shaped path?
100964
What exactly is the "coherence" between waves?
10296
Why doesn't the magnetic field polarize when polarizing light?
140188
Why must identical lightbulbs in series have identical voltage drops?
24764
Why can't light pass through walls but sound can?
44171
Does visible light heat things up?
95801
Medium with refractive index less than unity?
121321
Lasing in a 2-Level system?