A certain kind of glass has nblue = 1.64 for blue light and nred = 1.54 for red light. If a beam of white light (containing all colors) in air is incident at an angle of 48°, what is the angle between the red and blue light inside the glass?

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Answer:

The angle between the red and blue light inside the glass is 1.9°.

Explanation:

Given that,

Refractive index

For blue = 1.64

For red = 1.54

Incident angle = 48°

We need to calculate the angle between the red and blue light inside the glass

Using Snell's law

[tex]\dfrac{\sin_{i}}{\sin_{r}}=n[/tex]

For blue ray,

[tex]\dfrac{\sin_{i}}{\sin_{r_{b}}}=n_{b}[/tex]

[tex]r_{b}=\sin^{-1}\dfrac{\sin48^{\circ}}{n_{b}}[/tex]

[tex]r_{b}=\sin^{-1}\dfrac{\sin48^{\circ}}{1.64}[/tex]

[tex]r_{b}=26.95^{\circ}[/tex]

For red ray,

[tex]\dfrac{\sin_{i}}{\sin_{r_{r}}}=n_{r}[/tex]

[tex]r_{r}=\sin^{-1}\dfrac{\sin48^{\circ}}{n_{r}}[/tex]

[tex]r_{r}=\sin^{-1}\dfrac{\sin48^{\circ}}{1.54}[/tex]

[tex]r_{r}=28.85^{\circ}[/tex]

We need to calculate the angle between the red and blue

[tex]r_{rb}=r_{r}-r_{b}[/tex]

Put the value into the formula

[tex]r_{rb}=28.85-26.95[/tex]

[tex]r_{rb}=1.9^{\circ}[/tex]

Hence, The angle between the red and blue light inside the glass is 1.9°.

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