AP Physics 2 › Snell's Law
Light travels from air to diamond
. If the angle of incidence is
, determine the angle of refraction.
Light in a vacuum hits the surface of an unknown material with an angle of incidence of . The angle of refraction is
. What is the index of refraction of the unknown material?
Light of wavelength goes from vacuum to an unknown liquid with an angle of incidence of
and has an angle of diffraction of
. Determine the index of refraction in the unknown liquid.
Light in a vacuum hits the surface of an unknown material with an angle of incidence of . The angle of refraction is
. What is the index of refraction of the unknown material?
Light travels from a vacuum, , to a material with
. What will be the velocity in the new medium?
Light travels from a vacuum to a material with
. What will be the velocity in the new medium?
Light in a medium with index of refraction arrives at a boundary with another medium (with index of refraction
) at an angle of
to the normal. The refracted light exits the boundary at an angle of
from the normal. What is
?
A beam of light going through a medium with an index of refraction of 1.14 has an angle of incidence of with another medium. If the light wave is at a new angle of
, what is the index of refraction for the second medium?
Light of wavelength goes from vacuum to an unknown liquid with an angle of incidence of
and has an angle of diffraction of
. Determine the wavelength in the unknown liquid.
A laser beam traveling from air to glass () at an angle
relative to normal. What is the angle of refraction for this scenario?