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Prism and dispersion
- Advanced 2026PhysicsList match
In the List-I, four optical effects are mentioned. The physical phenomena of light which are essential to describe these optical effects are given in List-II. Choose the option which describes the correct match between the entries in List-I to those in List-II.
- Advanced 2026PhysicsSingle correct
A beam of polychromatic light passes through a thin prism of prism angle . The refractive index of the material of the prism varies with wavelength as , where and . If is the wavelength at which the angle of minimum deviation is smallest, then the correct value of at is
- Advanced 2026PhysicsMultiple correct
Consider two isosceles prisms 1 and 2 with prism angles and and refractive indices and , respectively, as shown in the figure. The faces and are parallel to each other and perpendicular to the mirror . If a ray of light is incident on the face and emerges from the face , then the correct statement(s) is/are:
- Main 2026PhysicsSingle correct
For a thin symmetric prism made of glass (refractive index 1.5), the ratio of incident angle and minimum deviation will be ________.
- Main 2026PhysicsSingle correct
One side of an equilateral prism is painted by a transparent material of refractive index . The refractive index of prism is 1.6. The minimum value of required for total internal reflection from painted face is ________.
- Main 2026PhysicsSingle correct
A ray of light passing through an equilateral prism is having velocity m/s in the prism material, then the minimum angle of deviation is ________ degrees.
- Main 2026PhysicsSingle correct
Angle of minimum deviation is equal to the half of the angle of prism in an equilateral prism. The refractive index of the prism is ________.
- Advanced 2024PhysicsInteger
Two equilateral-triangular prisms P₁ and P₂ are kept with their sides parallel to each other, in vacuum, as shown in the figure. A light ray enters prism P₁ at an angle of incidence such that the outgoing ray undergoes minimum deviation in prism P₂. If the respective refractive indices of P₁ and P₂ are and , then , where the value of is _____.
- Advanced 2023PhysicsMultiple correct
A plane polarized blue light ray is incident on a prism such that there is no reflection from the surface of the prism. The angle of deviation of the emergent ray is (see Figure-1). The angle of minimum deviation for red light from the same prism is (see Figure-2). The refractive index of the prism material for blue light is . Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?
- Main 2022PhysicsSingle correct
The refracting angle of a prism is A and refractive index of the material of the prism is . Then the angle of minimum deviation will be -
- Main 2022PhysicsInteger
The refractive index of an equilateral prism is . The angle of emergence under minimum deviation position of prism, in degree, is ______.
- Main 2022PhysicsSingle correct
Which of the following statement is correct ?
- Main 2022PhysicsInteger
In the given figure, the face AC of the equilateral prism is immersed in a liquid of refractive index 'n'. For incident angle 60° at the side AC, the refracted light beam just grazes along face AC. The refractive index of the liquid . The value of is ______.
(Given refractive index of glass = 1.5)
- Main 2022PhysicsInteger
A thin prism of angle 6° and refractive index for yellow light 1.5 is combined with another prism of angle 5° and . The combination produces no dispersion. The net average deviation (δ) produced by the combination is . The value of is ______.
- Advanced 2021PhysicsMultiple correct
For a prism of prism angle , the refractive indices of the left half and the right half are, respectively, and as shown in the figure. The angle of incidence is chosen such that the incident light rays will have minimum deviation if . For the case of unequal refractive indices, and (where ), the angle of emergence . Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?
- Advanced 2019PhysicsNumerical
A monochromatic light is incident from air on a refracting surface of a prism of angle 75° and refractive index . The other refracting surface of the prism is coated by a thin film of material of refractive index as shown in figure. The light suffers total internal reflection at the coated prism surface for an incidence angle of . The value of is ______.
- Advanced 2017PhysicsMultiple correct
For an isosceles prism of angle and refractive index , it is found that the angle of minimum deviation . Which of the following options is/are correct?
- Main 2016PhysicsSingle correct
In an experiment for determination of refractive index of glass of a prism by , plot, it was found that a ray incident at angle 35°, suffers a deviation of 40° and that it emerges at angle 79°. In that case which of the following is closest to the maximum possible value of the refractive index ?
- Advanced 2015PhysicsInteger
A monochromatic beam of light is incident at 60° on one face of an equilateral prism of refractive index and emerges from the opposite face making an angle with the normal (see the figure). For the value of is 60° and . The value of is
- Main 2015PhysicsSingle correct
Monochromatic light is incident on a glass prism of angle A. If the refractive index of the material of the prism is μ, a ray, incident at an angle θ, on the face AB would get transmitted through the face AC of the prism provided :