NTA Abhyas JEE Main2020PhysicsRay OpticsPractice
A beam of light consisting of red, green and blue colours is incident on a right-angled prism. The refractive index of the material of the prism for the above red, green and blue wavelengths are 1 . 39 , 1 . 44 and 1 . 47 respectively. The prism will:
Options
- ASeparate all the three colours from one another
- BNot separate the three colours at all
- CSeparate the red colour part from the green and blue colours
- DSeparate the blue colour part from the red and green colours
Correct answer
C. Separate the red colour part from the green and blue colours
Step-by-step solution
For TIR I > I c so, S i n i > sin I c S i n 45 o > 1 μ ⇒ μ 2 ⇒ μ = 1.414 Since μ of green and violet are greater than 1.414 so they will total internal refrected. But red colour will be vetracted.