P1010 - REFRACTION THROUGH A RECTANGULAR GLASS SLAB - 1.15
THE PHYSICS CAFE
CHAPTER TEN - LIGHT -
REFLECTION AND REFRACTION
1.15 Refraction through a
Rectangular Glass Slab**
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Light travel: Air → glass slab → air and AB arm ║ CD arm
At
arm AB - Air → glass slab – rare to denser – bends towards normal
At
arm CD - Glass slab → air – denser to rare – bends away from normal
Important
points
1. Emergent
ray – The ray which comes out from denser medium to rare medium
2. AB
arm ║ CD arm so ‘bending away from normal is equal to bending towards normal’
so emergent ray will be parallel to direction of incident ray.
3. ∟i
= ∟e
4. ∟r1 = ∟r2
5. Lateral
displacement – Perpendicular distance between direction of incident ray and
emergent ray
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