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The ray of light is incident at an angle 60°on one face of a rectangular slab of thickness 0.1m and refractive index 1.5. calculate the lateral shift produced

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ANSWER:

Lateral shift formula is

L = t*sin(i-r)/cos(r)

t = 0.1m

i = 60°

As we don't KNOW 'r'. We can find out usinf SNELLS law

n1sin(i) = n2sin(r)

1*sin60° = 1.5*(sinr)

1/√3 = sin(r)

USING identity

cos(r) = √(2/3)

tan(r) = 1/√2

sin(i-r) = sin(i)cos(r) - sin(r)cos(i)

sin(i-r)/cos(r) = sin(i) - tan(r)cos(i)

= (√3/2) - (1/√2)(1/2)

= (√6 - 1)/2√2

= 0.51

L = 0.1*0.51 = 0.051m = 5.1cm



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