A beam of coherent orange light in air (nD = 1.00029) strikes a piece of glass with a refractive index of 1.52 at an angle 24° from normal. a) What will the angle of refraction be? b) If coherent blue light were used instead, would the angle of refraction be larger or smaller? Explain why.

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A beam of coherent orange light in air (nD
= 1.00029) strikes a
piece of glass with a refractive index of 1.52 at an angle 24° from
normal. a) What will the angle of refraction be? b) If coherent blue
light were used instead, would the angle of refraction be larger or
smaller? Explain why.
Transcribed Image Text:A beam of coherent orange light in air (nD = 1.00029) strikes a piece of glass with a refractive index of 1.52 at an angle 24° from normal. a) What will the angle of refraction be? b) If coherent blue light were used instead, would the angle of refraction be larger or smaller? Explain why.
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