JEE Advance - Physics (2010 - Paper 1 Offline - No. 18)

A ray OP of monochromatic light is incident on the face AB of prism ABCD near vertex B at an incident angle of 60$$^\circ$$ (see figure). If the refractive index of the material of the prism is $$\sqrt3$$, which of the following is(are) correct?

IIT-JEE 2010 Paper 1 Offline Physics - Geometrical Optics Question 24 English

The ray gets totally internally reflected at face CD.
The ray comes out through face AD.
The angle between the incident ray and the emergent ray is 90$$^\circ$$.
The angle between the incident ray and the emergent ray is 120$$^\circ$$.

Explanation

Consider the refraction at the face AB. Snell's law,

$$\sin i/\sin r = \sin 60^\circ /\sin r = \sqrt 3 $$,

gives $$r = 30^\circ $$.

IIT-JEE 2010 Paper 1 Offline Physics - Geometrical Optics Question 24 English Explanation 1

The geometry in BCQP gives

$$\angle BPQ = 30^\circ + 90^\circ = 120^\circ $$

$$\angle CQP = 360^\circ - (135^\circ + 60^\circ + 120^\circ ) = 45^\circ $$.

Thus, the angle of incidence at Q is $${i_1} = 45^\circ $$. The critical angle for prism to air refraction is given by $$\sin {i_c} = 1/\sqrt 3 $$. Since $$\sin {i_1} = 1/\sqrt 2 > 1\sqrt 3 $$, we get $${i_1} > {i_c}$$ i.e., the angle of incidence is greater than the critical angle. Thus, the ray undergoes total internal reflection at Q. The laws of reflection gives $${r_1} = {i_1} = 45^\circ $$. In triangle QRD, $$\angle QRD = 60^\circ $$ and hence the angle of incidence at R is $${i_2} = 30^\circ $$.

Applying Snell's law at face AD, we get

$$\sqrt 3 \times \sin 30^\circ = 1 \times \sin e$$

or, $$\sqrt 3 \times {1 \over 2} = \sin e$$

$$\sin e = {{\sqrt 3 } \over 2}$$

or, $$e = {\sin ^{ - 1}}\left( {{{\sqrt 3 } \over 2}} \right) = 60^\circ $$

From figure,

IIT-JEE 2010 Paper 1 Offline Physics - Geometrical Optics Question 24 English Explanation 2

The angle between the incident ray and the emergent ray is 90$$^\circ$$.

Hence, option (c) is correct and option (d) is incorrect.

Note : Angle between incident and emergent rays is the same as the angle between the two faces = 90$$^\circ$$.

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