JEE Main2012PhysicsRay OpticsActual
A beam of light consisting of red, green and blue colours is incident on a right-angled prism on face A B . The refractive indices of the material for the above red, green and blue colours are 1.39,1.44 and 1.47 respectively. A person looking on surface A C of the prism will see
Options
- Ano light
- Bgreen and blue colours
- Cred and green colours
- Dred colour only
Correct answer
D. red colour only
Step-by-step solution
For light to come out through face 'AC', total internal reflection must not take place. aligned & i.e., < c < c & < 1 aligned or < 1 < 1 45^ < 2 < 1.414