The refractive indices of the material of the prism for red, green and blue wavelength are 1.27, 1.42 and 1.49 respectively. The colour of the ray(s) emerging out of the face PR is :- Agreen
- Bblue and green
- Cblue
- Dred
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Correct answer: D
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Geometry of the prism
From the figure, the prism is a right-angled isosceles prism, so the acute angles are each.
The rays are incident normally on face , so they enter the prism without deviation and travel horizontally inside the prism until they strike face .
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Angle of incidence at face
Since face is inclined at to the horizontal, the normal to is also at to the horizontal.
Therefore, the angle of incidence for each ray at face is
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Condition for emergence or total internal reflection
A ray will emerge from the prism if where is the critical angle, given by
If , then total internal reflection occurs.
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Find critical angle for each colour
(i) Red:
Since the red ray emerges.
(ii) Green:
Since the green ray undergoes total internal reflection.
(iii) Blue:
Since the blue ray also undergoes total internal reflection.
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Conclusion
Only the red ray emerges out of face .
Hence the correct option is:
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Comparison with stored answer
Stored correct answer:
My derived answer is also , so they agree.
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