Exam 22: Reflection and Refraction of Light

A slab of material 1 rests on the surface of a slab of material 2.A light ray in material 1 has an angle of incidence of 30° on the interface between the materials,while the ray in material 2 has an angle of refraction of 45°.What is the critical angle of incidence for total internal reflection for a ray of light going from material 2 to material 1?

Newton's theory of light treated light as ________ while Young demonstrated that light behaved as ________ with ________ behavior.

A beam of light in air is incident on the surface of a rectangular block of clear plastic (n = 1.49).If the velocity of the beam before it enters the plastic is 3.00 × 10⁸ m/s,what is its velocity inside the block?

A ray of white light,incident upon a glass prism,is dispersed into its various color components.Which one of the following colors experiences the greatest angle of deviation?

A beam of light is incident upon a flat piece of glass (n = 1.50)at an angle of incidence of 37.2°.Part of the beam is transmitted and part is reflected.What is the angle between the reflected and transmitted rays?

A container of flint glass (n = 1.61)holds a small quantity of benzene (n = 1.501).What is the critical angle for internal reflection of a ray in the glass when it is incident on the glass-to-liquid surface?

If the wavelength of a monochromatic source is 316 nm in vacuum,what is the wavelength from the same source when it passes through a liquid where the speed of light is 1.86 × 10⁸ m/s? (c = 3.00 × 10⁸ m/s)

When light from air hits a smooth piece of glass with the ray perpendicular to the glass surface,the part of the light passing into the glass:

A light ray in air is incident on an air-to-glass boundary at an angle of 33.0° and is refracted in the glass at an angle of 18.5° with the normal.Find the index of refraction of the glass.

Fiber optics has to do with:

Huygens's wave theory requires which of the following with regard to the relative speeds of light in glass and in air?

Light not only has wavelike properties,but also has particle-like properties.What are these "particles" of light called?

Fused quartz has an index of refraction of 1.50 for light from a 678-nm source.What is the speed of light for this wavelength within the quartz? (c = 3.00 × 10⁸ m/s)

When viewing your image in a hand-held mirror,if you move the mirror away at a speed v,the image appears to:

Three flat layers of transparent material are stacked upon one another.The top layer has index of refraction n₁,the middle has n₂ and the bottom one has n₃.If n₁ > n₂ > n₃,and if a ray of light strikes the top layer at an angle of incidence θ_i = 30º,in which layer is the angle of refraction the greatest?

A ray of light is incident on the mid-point of a glass prism surface at an angle of 24.0° with the normal.For the glass,n = 1.55,and the prism apex angle is 44.3°.What is the angle of refraction as the ray enters the air on the far side of the prism?

A rainbow is a result of:

A ray of light is incident on the mid-point of a glass prism surface at an angle of 23.4° with the normal.For the glass,n = 1.60,and the prism apex angle is 51.8°.What is the angle of incidence at the glass-to-air surface on the side opposite where the ray exits the prism?

A ray of light travels from a glass-to-liquid interface at an angle of 23°.Indices of refraction for the glass and liquid are,respectively,1.58 and 1.80.What is the angle of refraction for the ray moving through the liquid?

A certain kind of glass has n_blue = 1.650 for blue light and n_red = 1.610 for red light.If a beam of white light (containing all colors)is incident at an angle of 60.6°,what is the angle between the red and blue light inside the glass?