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General Physics

1.state the principle of reversibility of light with the help of example?

2.what is lateral shift?

3.is refractive index vector or scalar?what are its units?what happens to the wavelenght while travelling from rarer to denser medium?

Profile image of shalvi mahajan
15 Years agoGrade
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Profile image of SAGAR SINGH - IIT DELHI
15 Years ago
Dear student,

By the principle of light, the light makes the same angle with the normal in air as it did originally when travelling in the opposite direction.

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Profile image of ancoor
12 Years ago

sir i want to know what will be the path of reversibility in this case ??

Profile image of KAPIL MANDAL
11 Years ago
Thank you sir for this answer. Thank you very much.