How a Prism Separates White Light

Refraction and dispersion split light into spectral colors.

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2023年12月7日
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This short introduction explains how light changes direction in glass and why different frequencies separate in a prism.

  1. 1Light in glassLight travels more slowly in glass than in vacuum.
  2. 2RefractionA beam entering at an angle changes direction.
  3. 3DispersionDifferent frequencies bend differently and separate.

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  1. Light changes direction at an interface when it enters at an angle.
  2. Glass slows different frequencies by different amounts.
  3. White light contains components with different spectral colors.
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Refraction and dispersion

The speaker introduces how a prism separates white light.

The speaker starts with a common explanation of a prism: light travels more slowly in glass, and a beam entering the glass at an angle changes direction, a phenomenon called refraction.

White light can be represented as a mixture of different frequencies, corresponding to spectral colors. Glass affects their speeds differently, so they refract by different amounts and spread into a rainbow.

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