Question

The lateral shift does not depend on $\dots \dots$

• A. Angle of incidence
• B. refractive index of medium
• C. Perpendicular distance between two parallel refracting surfaces
• D. mass of glass slab

Answer 1

The correct option is D mass of glass slab

When light passes through one medium to another, it deviates from its original path and gets shifted. This shift of the light from its original path is known as Lateral Shift.

Lateral shift depends on the thickness of the medium its propagating, such as the glass slab, it also depends on the angle of incidence and refraction and the refractive index of the medium.

Hence it does not depend on the mass of the glass slab.