Prisms and Dispersion

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Equation

δ=θi+θi+αn=sin(12(δmin+α))sin(12α)D=dδdλ=dδdndndλdδdn=2sin(12α)cos(12(δmin+α))

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                     \delta=\theta_i+\theta_{i'}+\alpha \\
n=\frac{\sin(\frac{1}{2}(\delta_{\rm min}+\alpha))}{\sin(\frac{1}{2}\alpha)} \\
D=\frac{d\delta}{d\lambda}=\frac{d\delta}{dn}\frac{dn}{d\lambda} \\
\frac{d\delta}{dn}=\frac{2\sin(\frac{1}{2}\alpha)}{\cos(\frac{1}{2}(\delta_{\rm min}+\alpha))}

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Equation



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\delta=\theta_i+\theta_{i'}+\alpha \\
n=\frac{\sin(\frac{1}{2}(\delta_{\rm min}+\alpha))}{\sin(\frac{1}{2}\alpha)} \\
D=\frac{d\delta}{d\lambda}=\frac{d\delta}{dn}\frac{dn}{d\lambda} \\
\frac{d\delta}{dn}=\frac{2\sin(\frac{1}{2}\alpha)}{\cos(\frac{1}{2}(\delta_{\rm min}+\alpha))}

Explanation

A light ray passing through a prism is refracted twice and aquires a deviation from its original direction.

  • : is apex angle
  • : is the angle between the incident angle and a line perpendicular to the surface
  • : is the angle between the ray leaving the prism and a line perpendicular to the surface
  • : is refractive index of the prism
  • : is dispersion of a prism

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