•• Alight ray passes through a prism with an apex angle of a, as shown in Figure 31-62. The ray and the bisector of the apex angle intersect at right angles. Show that the angle of deviation & is related to the apex angle and the index of refraction of the prism material by sin[{(a + 8)] = n sin(ta). 78

•• Alight ray passes through a prism with an apex angle of a, as shown in Figure 31-62. The ray and the bisector of the apex angle intersect at right angles. Show that the angle of deviation & is related to the apex angle and the index of refraction of the prism material by sin[{(a + 8)] = n sin(ta). 78

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Chapter27: Wave Optics

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