The refractive indices of flint glass for red and violet lights are 1.613 and 1.632 respectively. Find the angular dispersion produced by a thin prism of flint glass having refracting angle 5∘.
Why this question ? Note: Deviation of beam (also called mean deviation) δ=δy=(μy−1)A μv, μr and μy are R.I. of material for violet, red and yellow colours respectively. Numerical data reveals that if the average value of μ is small, μv−μr is also small and if the average value of μ is large μv−μr is also large. Thus, the larger the mean deviation, the larger will be the angular dispersion. |