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Chapter 25, Problem 34PE
A narrow beam of light containing red (660 nm) and blue (470 nm) wavelengths travels from air through a 1.00 cm thick flat piece of crown glass and back to air again. The beam strikes at a 30.0° incident angle. (a) At what angles do the two colors emerge? (b) By what distance are the red and blue separated when they emerge?
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A narrow beam of light containing red (660 nm) and blue (470 nm) wavelengths travels from air through a 1.00-cm-thick flat piece of crown glass and back to air again. The beam strikes at a 30.0° incident angle. (a) At what angles do the two colors emerge? (b) By what distance are the red and blue separated when they emerge?
A very narrow beam of light containing red (660 nm) and blue (470 nm) wavelengths travels from air through a 0.68 m thick flat block of crown glass and back to air again. The beam strikes at a 30.0º incident angle. By what distance (in mm) perpendicular to their direction of travel are the red and blue beams separated when they emerge?
The index of refraction for λ = 660 nm is 1.512 and the index of refraction for λ = 470 nm is 1.524.
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