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Red and blue light enter together into a glass plate of 10 cm. What is the distance between red and blue light whenthe light emerges from the plate. n(blue) = 1.6, n(red) = 1.3

Respuesta :

Answer:

The shift in the color's depends on the angle of incidence, for a special case when the angle of incidence is along the normal to the surface no shift will be observed.

Explanation:

When a ray of light is incident on a medium perpendicular to it it does not undergo any refraction thus no shift will be seen.

Answer:

The distance between the emergent red and blue light is 3 cm

Solution:

As per the question:

Thickness of the glass plate, s = 10 cm = 0.1 m

Refractive index of blue light, [tex]n_{blue} = 1.6[/tex]

Refractive index of blue light, [tex]n_{red} = 1.3[/tex]

Now, to calculate the distance between red and blue light as it emerges from the plate:

We know that refractive index is given as the ratio of speed of light in vacuum, c or air to that in medium, [tex]v_{m}[/tex].

[tex]n = \frac{c}{v_{m}}[/tex]

[tex]v_{m} = \frac{c}{n}[/tex]            (1)

Since, c is constant, thus

n ∝ [tex]\frac{1}{v_{m}}[/tex]

Now, the refractive index of blue light is more than that of red light thus its speed in medium is lesser than red light.

Now, time taken, t by red and blue light to emerge out of the glass slab:

[tex]s = v_{m}\times t[/tex]

[tex]t = \frac{s}{v_{blue}} = \frac{sn_{blue}}{c}[/tex]

In the same time, red light also traveled through the glass covering some distance in air say x

[tex]t' = \frac{s}{v_{red}} = \frac{sn_{red}}{c}[/tex]          (2)

Time taken by red light to cover 'x' distance in vacuum is t'':

[tex]t" = \frac{x}{c}[/tex]

Now,

t = t' + t"           (3)

From eqn (1), (2) and (3):

[tex]\frac{sn_{blue}}{c} = \frac{sn_{red}}{c} + \frac{x}{c}[/tex]

Now, putting appropriate values in the above eqn:

[tex]\frac{0.1\times 1.6}{c} = \frac{0.1\times 1.3}{c} + \frac{x}{c}[/tex]

[tex]\frac{0.16}{c} - \frac{0.13}{c} = \frac{x}{c}[/tex]

x = 0.03 m = 3 cm