Angular width of Refracted Beam!

A beam of light has a small wavelength spread δ λ \delta \lambda about a central wavelength λ \lambda . The beam travels in vacuum until it enters a glass plate at an angle θ \theta relative to the normal to the plate, as shown in the figure. The index of refraction of the glass is given by n ( λ ) n(\lambda) . The angular spread δ θ \delta \theta ' of the refracted beam is given by?

δ θ = d λ ( λ ) ( d n ) δ λ \delta \theta ' = \frac{d\lambda}{(\lambda)(dn)}\delta \lambda δ θ = δ λ n \delta \theta ' = \frac{\delta \lambda}{n} δ θ = d n ( λ ) ( d λ ) δ λ \delta \theta ' = \frac{dn(\lambda)}{(d\lambda)}\delta \lambda δ θ = ( tan θ ) d n ( λ ) ( n ) ( d λ ) δ λ \delta \theta ' = \frac{(\tan \theta ')dn(\lambda)}{(n)(d\lambda)}\delta \lambda

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I don't think the answer given is exactly right, but here is what I got:

From Snell's law:

sin θ sin θ 1 = n ( λ ) \frac { \sin { \theta } }{ \sin { { \theta }_{ 1 } } } =\quad n(\lambda )

sin θ n ( λ ) = sin θ 1 . . . . . . . . ( 1 ) \Rightarrow \frac { \sin { \theta } }{ n(\lambda ) } =\sin { { \theta }_{ 1 } } ........(1)

Taking derivative on both sides:

sin θ ( n ( λ ) ) 2 × d n ( λ ) × δ λ = cos θ 1 × δ θ 1 . . . . . . . . ( 2 ) \Rightarrow \frac { -\sin { \theta } }{ { (n(\lambda )) }^{ 2 } } \times dn(\lambda )\times \delta \lambda =\cos { { \theta }_{ 1 } } \times \delta { \theta }_{ 1 }........(2)

Divide ( 2 ) (2) by ( 1 ) (1) :

d n ( λ ) × δ λ n ( λ ) = cot θ 1 × δ θ 1 \Rightarrow \frac { -dn(\lambda )\times \delta \lambda }{ n(\lambda ) } =\cot { { \theta }_{ 1 } } \times \delta { \theta }_{ 1 }

Neglect minus sign:

δ θ 1 = tan θ 1 × d n ( λ ) n ( λ ) δ λ \Large \boxed{\delta { \theta }_{ 1 }=\frac { \tan { { \theta }_{ 1 } } \times dn(\lambda ) }{ n(\lambda ) } \delta \lambda }

@Nishant Rai I think this is a previous JEE problem??? Can you cross check with correct answer?

Raghav Vaidyanathan - 6 years, 1 month ago

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I don't know about JEE but this question came in ALLEN All India Open Test 1 (Advanced).

Original Question - Angular Width of Refracted Beam Angular Width of Refracted Beam

Nishant Rai - 6 years, 1 month ago

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I think there is something wrong with the options given. And I have definitely come across this problem before... Also, if you don't want to solve at all, then you can just put θ 1 = 0 \theta _1 =0 and see the magic!

Raghav Vaidyanathan - 6 years, 1 month ago

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@Raghav Vaidyanathan θ 1 = 0 \theta _1 =0 \rightarrow JEE Style ! ¨ \ddot\smile

Nishant Rai - 6 years, 1 month ago

This is 2014 kvpy's sx question and the answer is correct

SuperMagnificentGuy SMG - 2 years, 7 months ago

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