Short wavelengths of visible light interact more frequently with the atoms in glass than do longer wavelengths. Does this interaction time tend to speed up of to slow down the average speed of short-wavelength light in glass?

Short wavelengths of visible light interact more frequently with the atoms in glass than do longer wavelengths. Does this interaction time tend to speed up of to slow down the average speed of short-wavelength light in glass?

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Chapter16: Fundamentals Of Light

Section16.2: The Wave Nature Of Light

Problem 27SSC

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