Correct Answer - Option 3 : Corpuscle nature of light
Concept:
Corpuscle nature of light:
- The light is made up of small discrete particles named as "corpuscles" (little particles) which travel in a straight line and have a finite velocity.
- It basically says about the particle nature of light.
Compton Effect:
- It is the scattering of a photon by a charged particle, usually an electron.
- When a photon collides with an electron at rest, the photon gives its energy to the electron.
- So, the scattered photon (photon after the collision) will have a higher wavelength (lower energy) compared to the wavelength of the incident photon (photon before the collision).
- This shift in wavelength is called the Compton shift.
Explanation:
So, it explains the collision of photons with electrons.
The energy of the photon got changed due to a change in wavelength after the collision. This is the behaviour of the particle or Corpuscle nature of light.
So, the correct option is Corpuscle nature of light.
- The Compton effect is named after American physicist Arthur Holly Compton, who first discovered this effect.
- The photoelectric effect also shows particle nature.
- The wave nature of light is shown by Hygueins Princile.
- The transverse nature of light is shown by Polarization.
