In dispersive materials, the angle of refraction for a lightray depends on the wavelength of the light. Does the angleof reflection from the surface of the material depend on thewavelength? Why or why not?

Q: Light normally travels in straight lines, but it “bends” in an optical fiber. Explain.

A: Given:  Light bends in the optical fibre

Q: . A ray of light PQ is incident on an isosceles glass prims placed on a horizontal table. If the…

A: Scenario: In an isosceles prism ∆ABC, ray PQ is incident on face AB making angle α as shown in…

Q: What is the critical angle (in degrees) for light ray emerging from water to the air? Assume the…

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Q: A light ray enters the Earth's atmosphere and descends vertically through distance h = 100 km to…

A: Given Data : The vertical distance in the earth's atmosphere is given as h = 100Km.

Q: A laser light passing through a glass, n = 1.6, inters from air to a glass with the angle of…

A: refractive index of air = 1 refractive index of glass = 1.6Angle of incidence = 35oThickness of…

Q: At what angle will light traveling in the air be completely polarized horizontally when reflected…

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Q: A ray of light from air is incident at 0, on a transparent plate of thickness d. Show that the…

A: (a) By using Snell's law: n1 sinθ1=n2 sinθ2 For air, refractive index is n1=1 For transparent plate…

Q: Light travels a distance D= 60 m in a timet = 500 nanoseconds in a transparent r The index of…

A: GivenDistance travelled by light in transparent material, D=60  min time , t=500…

Q: The critical angle in air for a particular type of glass is 39.0°. Calculate the speed of light in…

A: SOlution: as given that Critical angle = 39 dgree

Q: An oil laver that is 5.0 cm thick is spread smoouny dte venly over the surface of water on a…

A: The index of refraction of oil is noil=1.15. The index of refraction of water is nwater=1.33. Assume…

Q: When the D line of sodium light impinges an air-diamond interface at an angle of incidence of 25.0°,…

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Q: Q/CI A ray of light of (700) nm wavelength in air, impinges on a piece of crown gls at an angle of…

A: Q.1C  Given that A ray of light goes from air to crown glass as shown below in the figure.…

Q: TIR. A light ray coming from inside an unknown glass is traveling to air (nair = 1.00) and hits the…

A: The light deviates from its path when travelling from one medium to another. The phenomenon is well…

Q: If scientists could create a sheet of glass with a refractive index so high that it took light…

A: That is a great idea.

Q: A properly working human eye mainly uses the diffraction of light to focus light rays onto the back…

A: A properly working human eye mainly uses the diffraction of light to focus light raysonto the back…

Q: TIR. A light ray coming from inside an unknown glass is traveling to air (nair = 1.00) and hits the…

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Q: A ray of light travels from glass to air with an incident angle of 37° from the normal. What is the…

A: Given: The light travel from glass to air. The angle of incident is 37o.

Q: When light is incident on an interface between two materials, the angle of the refracted ray depends…

A: Change in wavelength of refracted light

Q: Can the absolute refractive index of a medium with respect to another medium be less than unity?…

A: No. Absolute refractive index less than unity indicates that speed of light in that medium is more…

Q: The bottom of this swimming pool appears 3.8 m below the top of the water surface. What is the…

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Q: Diamond has a high index of refraction at about 2.4, which helps account for its sparkle. How fast…

A: Given Information are  Refractive index of diamond =2.4 Velocity of light in vacuum =3*10^8 m/s

Q: DIn a material such as glass, the angle of refraction for a light ray depends on the wavelength of…

A: The Law of lens says that the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection. For objects…

Q: Show that when light passes from air to water, itswavelength decreases to 0.750 times its original…

A: Given:  Refractive index of water, nw = 1.33  refractive index of air, na = 1

Q: A beam of light goes from the air into the water with incident angle θa = 34 degrees. The index of…

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Q: Under what conditions can light be modeled like a ray? Like a wave?

A: Light can be modeled as a ray when devices are much larger than the wavelength of light. In this…

Q: If polarization by reflection is computed, at what angle will light from the source travelling in…

A: Given : n1=1              n2=1.33 For the reflected beam to be polarized, the incident angle of the…

Q: When unpolarized light strikes an interface and the reflected beam is completely polarized, what…

A: When some light is reflected it strikes a boundary between two mediums with different refractive…

Q: For a certain optical medium the speed of light varies from a low value of 1.80 × 10³ m/s for violet…

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Q: In Figure, light is incident at angle 6,=40.1° on a boundary between two transparent materials. Some…

A: The given values are: Here, n5 denotes the refractive index of air.

Q: Suppose you put on two pairs of Polaroid sunglasses withtheir axes at an angle of 15.0º . How much…

A: The intensity of the transmitted wave is related to the incident wave by the expression,

Q: Calculate the dispersion - the difference between the angles of the red and violet light - on the…

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Q: The absolute refractive index of any medium is always: A) more than one B) 0 C) 1 D) less than one

A: The absolute refractive index of any medium with refractive index n is given by : n=cv Where c is…

Q: If polarization by reflection is computed, at what angle will light from the source travelling in…

A: The Brewster Angle is given by: θpolarizing = arctan(nt/ni)

Q: What's the index of refraction of a material for which the speed of light within its 2.10x108 m/s?

A: Given, Speed of light, v=2.1×108m/s

Q: dex of refraction for red light in water is 1.331, and that for blue light is 1.340. If a ray of…

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Q: The index of refraction for violet light in silica flint glass is 1.66 and that for red light is…

A: Given: Refraction index for violet line (nv) = 1.66 Refraction index for red line (nr) = 1.62…

Q: To a fish, the 4.00-mm-thick aquarium walls appear only 3.50 mm thick. What is the index of…

A: Given data The actual thickness of the aquarium is t = 4 mm. The thickness seen by the fish is t' =…

Q: The figure represents the total internal reflection of light within a fiberoptic, which * depends on…

A: Solution: To explain about the phenomenon of total internal reflection as shown in the three…

Q: In an ultra-low-temperature experiment, a collection of atoms enter a special state called a…

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Q: Diamond has a high index of refraction at about 2.4, which helps account for its sparkle. How fast…

A: Let velocity in diamond = Vd Refractive index of diamond ,nd = 2.4 Refractive index of vacuum, nv =…

Q: The index of refraction for red light in water is 1.331 and thatfor blue light is 1.340. If a ray of…

A: given:Refractive index for red light = 1.331Refractive index for blue light = 1.340angle of…

Q: The index of refraction for violet light in silica flint glass is s nR= 1.55. What is the angular…

A: Given data:-  We know that We have given that the index of refraction for violet light in silica…