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Concepts Of Physics MCQ Edition [Volume 1]
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Concepts Of Physics MCQ Edition [Volume 1]
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Geometrical Optics

Concepts Of Physics MCQ Edition [Volume 1] · Physics · Geometrical Optics

Light is incident from glass ( μ = 1.50 ) to water ( μ = 1.33 )....

Light is incident from glass (μ=1.50\mu = 1.50) to water (μ=1.33\mu = 1.33). Determine the range of the angle of deviation for which there are two angles of incidence.

Options

  1. A0toto\sin^{-1} \left(\dfrac{3}{4}\right)
  2. B0toto\cos^{-1} \left(\dfrac{3}{4}\right)
  3. C0toto\cos^{-1} \left(\dfrac{8}{9}\right)
  4. D0toto\sin^{-1} \left(\dfrac{8}{9}\right)

Correct answer

C. 0toto\cos^{-1} \left(\dfrac{8}{9}\right)

Step-by-step solution

The critical angle θc\theta_c for light traveling from glass to water is given by:

sin⁡θc=μwμg=4/33/2=89\sin \theta_c = \dfrac{\mu_w}{\mu_g} = \dfrac{4/3}{3/2} = \dfrac{8}{9}

θc=sin⁡−1\theta_c = \sin^{-1}\left(\dfrac{8}{9}\right)

When the angle of incidence ii is less than the critical angle (0≤i<θc0 \le i < \theta_c), refraction occurs. The angle of deviation δ\delta is given by δ=r−i\delta = r - i. As ii increases from 00 to θc\theta_c, rr increases from 00 to π/2\pi/2. The deviation δ\delta increases from 00 to a maximum value of:

δ1=π2−θc\delta_1 = \dfrac{\pi}{2} - \theta_c

When the angle of incidence ii is greater than or equal to the critical angle (θc≤i≤π/2\theta_c \le i \le \pi/2), total internal reflection (TIR) occurs. The angle of deviation is given by δ=π−2i\delta = \pi - 2i. As ii increases from θc\theta_c to π/2\pi/2, the deviation δ\delta decreases from a maximum of π−2θc\pi - 2\theta_c to 00.

The range of deviation for refraction is [0,π/2−θc)[0, \pi/2 - \theta_c) and for TIR is [0,π−2θc][0, \pi - 2\theta_c]. Since θc<π/2\theta_c < \pi/2, we have π/2−θc<π−2θc\pi/2 - \theta_c < \pi - 2\theta_c.

For a deviation δ\delta to have two corresponding angles of incidence (one from refraction and one from TIR), it must lie in the overlapping range of both cases. This overlapping range is from 00 to δ1\delta_1.

The upper limit of this range is:

δ1=π2−sin⁡−1\delta_1 = \dfrac{\pi}{2} - \sin^{-1}\left(\dfrac{8}{9}\right) = \cos^{-1}\left(\dfrac{8}{9}\right)

Thus, the range of the angle of deviation for which there are two angles of incidence is 00 to cos⁡−1(89).\cos^{-1} \left(\dfrac{8}{9}\right).
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