Prism, Dispersion & Scattering
A ray is incident at an angle of incidence i on one surface of a small angle prism (with angle of prism A) and emerges normally from the opposite surface. If the refractive index of the material of the prism is , then the angle of incidence is nearly equal to:
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Answer: (b)
- Emerges normally, so and .
- Snell's law at the first face, small angles: .
- So the answer is (b) .