Genius Jnr - You have seen that a prism splits up light into different colours as it bends different colour lights by different amounts. Why does a glass slab not cause dispersion? (HINT: Observe the path of light in a glass slab−especially what happens to it when it emerges from the slab.)

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17 Apr 2017

You have seen that a prism splits up light into different colours as it bends different colour lights by different amounts. Why does a glass slab not cause dispersion? (HINT: Observe the path of light in a glass slab−especially what happens to it when it emerges from the slab.)

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