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4.15 Light of wavelength 600 nm in vacuum enters a block of glass where n_g=1.5. Compute its wavelength in the glass. What color would it appear to someone embedded in the glass?

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4.19 A laserbeam having a diameter D in air strikes a piece of glass (n_g) at an angle theta_i. What is the diameter of the beam in the glass?

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The wavelength of glass in an embedded glass is determined. The diameter of the beam in the glass is determined.

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15. Wavelength on glass = lambda/n = 600/1.5 = 400 nm, which falls in the range ...

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