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A 60° prism has a refractive index of 1.64 for blue light and 1.61 for red light. Calculate the difference in the angle of incidence for the initial red and blue light ray that is refracted inside the prism and just undergoes total internal reflection at the opposite face of the prism.
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A ray of light ab) is incident on the surface of a piece of glass at such an angle that the reflected ray bc) is totally polarized. The directed line segment that represents the refracted ray is

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The figure shows the wavelength of light that is normally incident on and transmitted through a refractive medium. The index of refraction of this medium is

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The fact that light can be polarized shows that it must be
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Two ideal polarizing sheets with their planes of polarization parallel to each other pass light of intensity I. If the planes are rotated in such a way that their planes of polarization make an angle of 40.0º, the intensity is approximately
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A glass block with index of refraction 1.50 is immersed in water whose index of refraction is 1.33. The critical angle at the glass-water interface is
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A light ray traveling in glass strikes a glass-water surface. At angles greater than θC the light ray is totally internally reflected. The value of θC is

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If the refractive index of glass is 1.5 and the refractive index of a particular liquid is 1.38, then calculate the value for the critical angle of total internal reflection at the liquid-glass interface.
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The graphs are plots of relative intensities of various diffraction patterns versus the sine of the angle from the central maximum. The graph that represents the diffraction pattern from the widest single slit is

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A ray of unpolarized light is incident on a glass block at an angle of incidence in such a way that the reflected ray is completely plane polarized. The ray that represents the refracted ray is

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Light known to be polarized in the horizontal direction is incident on a polarizing sheet. It is observed that only 15 percent of the intensity of the incident light is transmitted through the sheet. What angle does the transmission axis of the sheet make with the horizontal?
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A ray of light strikes a slab of glass at an angle of incidence of 35º. The angle of refraction in the glass is

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Two parallel glass plates of index of refraction n are separated by an air film of thickness d. Light of wavelength λ in air, normally incident on the plates, is intensified on reflection when, for some integer m,

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In any wave motion, dependence of velocity on wavelength is called
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Laser light passes through a circular aperture. If the slit width is increased, the width of the central dark fringe will
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If light reflected from a transparent substance at an angle of 58.0º is completely plane polarized, light incident at an angle of 32.0º is refracted at an angle of
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The index of refraction of water is approximately 1.33. The angle of incidence for maximum polarization by reflection from water is approximately
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A ray of light strikes a water-glass interface at an angle of incidence of 35º. The angle of refraction is

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