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    1) The document describes the speed of light and its measurement throughout history. Galileo first attempted to measure it using lanterns and telescopes in 1667 but failed due to human reaction time. 2) The first successful terrestrial measurement was by Hippolyte Louis Fizeau in 1849 using a toothed wheel and mirror. He calculated the speed of light to be 315,000,000 m/s. 3) The exact present value of the speed of light in a vacuum is 299,792,458 m/s or approximately 3x10^8 m/s. The speed of light is used to calculate wavelength from frequency and vice versa for electromagnetic waves.

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    1) The document describes the speed of light and its measurement throughout history. Galileo first attempted to measure it using lanterns and telescopes in 1667 but failed due to human reaction time. 2) The first successful terrestrial measurement was by Hippolyte Louis Fizeau in 1849 using a toothed wheel and mirror. He calculated the speed of light to be 315,000,000 m/s. 3) The exact present value of the speed of light in a vacuum is 299,792,458 m/s or approximately 3x10^8 m/s. The speed of light is used to calculate wavelength from frequency and vice versa for electromagnetic waves.

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    1) The document describes the speed of light and its measurement throughout history. Galileo first attempted to measure it using lanterns and telescopes in 1667 but failed due to human reaction time. 2) The first successful terrestrial measurement was by Hippolyte Louis Fizeau in 1849 using a toothed wheel and mirror. He calculated the speed of light to be 315,000,000 m/s. 3) The exact present value of the speed of light in a vacuum is 299,792,458 m/s or approximately 3x10^8 m/s. The speed of light is used to calculate wavelength from frequency and vice versa for electromagnetic waves.

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    Independent Learning Module 8

    SES 10/SEPH 10: WAVES and OPTICS

    Date:
    Semester: 2nd, A.Y. 2020~2021

    UNIT 4: LIGHT
    Topic: Speed of light
    Learning Target:
    >>> describe and calculate the speed of light in a vacuum.

    CONCEPTS:

    The Speed of Propagation of Light

    The first recorded experiment on measuring the speed of light was probably that of
    Galileo in 1667. The experiment made use of lanterns, telescopes and shutters.
    Two people, A and B, with lanterns and shutters went to the top of hills several
    kilometers apart. First, person A flashed light by uncovering his lantern and, as soon as
    person B saw A’s light, he uncovered his own lantern. The speed of light is determined by
    dividing the time elapsed between sending a flash and seeing a return flash from the other
    observer. Although this method is sound in principle, Galileo failed to measure the speed of
    light. Human reaction time is approximately one-half of a second and is too slow to determine
    the speed of light with any accuracy.

    A B

    The first terrestrial measurement of the speed of light was done by Hippolyte Louis
    Fizeau, a French physicist, in 1849 when he projected a pulsed beam of light onto a
    distant mirror.
    Based on the number of teeth and speed of rotation of the toothed wheel, and knowing
    the distance to the mirror, he was able to calculate a speed of 315,000,000 m/s.

    UNIT 4: LIGHT
    Independent Learning Module 8
    SES 10/SEPH 10: WAVES and OPTICS

    Although a flash of light seems to occur instantaneously, light has a finite


    experimentally measurable velocity of propagation which is the same as that of all the other
    components of the electromagnetic spectrum. The speed of any electromagnetic wave in free
    space (in vacuum) is a constant denoted by the symbol, c. At present, the exact value of c in
    MKS or SI units is given by:

    c = 2.99792458 x 108 m/s

    For computational purposes, we often use the value, c = 3 x 108 m/s.

    From the equation for speed of light,

    c = d/t

    where c = speed of light


    d = distance
    t = time
    For electromagnetic spectrum, the wavelength can be measured using the formula:

    λ =c/f

    where c = speed of light


    λ = wavelength
    f = frequency

    All electromagnetic waves travel at the speed of light in a vacuum.

    UNIT 4: LIGHT
    Independent Learning Module 8
    SES 10/SEPH 10: WAVES and OPTICS

    Sample problem:

    Violet light has a wavelength of 4.10 x 10-12m. What is the frequency?

    Solution:
    λ =c/f

    f=c
    λ
    = 3 x 108 m/s
    4.10 x 10-12m
    f = 7.3 x 1019 Hz

    PRACTICE PROBLEMS:

    1. The wavelength of green light from a traffic signal is centered at 5.20 x 10-5 cm. Calculate
    the frequency.
    Answer:  = 5.77 x 1014 Hz
    2. Calculate the frequency of light that has a wavelength of 4.25 x 10-9m.
    Answer: f = 7.1 x 1016 Hz
    3. Calculate the wavelength of light that has a frequency of 1.5 x 1015 Hz.
    Answer:  = 2.0 x 10-7 m
    4. Calculate the frequency of blue light that has a wavelength of 400 nm
    Answer: f = 7.5 x 1014 Hz
    5. Calculate the wavelength () of a photon of light with a frequency (f) of 6.165 x 1014 Hz.
    Answer:  = 4.87 x 10-7 m
    6. What is the wavelength of light with a frequency of 7.66 x 1014 Hz?
    Answer: 3.91 × 10-7 m
    7. A helium laser emits light with a wavelength of 633 nm. What is the frequency of the light?
    (Hint: 1nm = 1.0×10-9nm)
    Answer: 4.74 × 1014 Hz
    8. What is the wavelength of X-rays having a frequency of 4.80 x 1017 Hz?
    Answer: 6.25 × 10-10 m
    9. An FM radio station broadcasts at a frequency of 107.9 Hz. What is the wavelength of the
    radio signal?
    Answer: 2.78 × 106 m
    10. Green light has a frequency of 6.01 x 1014 Hz. What is the wavelength?
    Answer: 4.99 × 10-7 m

    UNIT 4: LIGHT
    Independent Learning Module 8
    SES 10/SEPH 10: WAVES and OPTICS

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    UNIT 4: LIGHT

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