Case : Read the passage and answer the question(s). The properties of a light such as its speed, frequency and wavelength and properties of the medium like its refractive index give us a lot of information about the interaction of light with that medium. Consider a monochromatic ray of light travelling in vacuum with speed c, wavelength λ and frequency v, enters into a medium of refractive index 1.5.
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What will be its new wavelength? |
2λ/3 λ/3 3λ/2 Same |
2λ/3 |
Since frequency is constant $\frac{c}{\lambda} = \frac{v}{\lambda'}$ $λ' = λ\frac{v}{c} = \frac{\lambda}{\mu} = \frac{2\lambda}{3}$ |