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How Does the Refractive Index of a Transparent Medium Depend on the Wavelength of Incident Light Used ?

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प्रश्न

How does the refractive index of a transparent medium depend on the wavelength of incident light used ?

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उत्तर

The refractive index of a transparent medium is inversely proportional to the wavelength of incident light. The relationship between the two is given by

\[\mu = \frac{\lambda_0}{\lambda}\]

\[\text { where }\]

\[ \mu = \text { Refractive index of medium}\]

\[ \lambda_0 = \text { Wavelength of incident light in vacuum}\]

\[\lambda = \text { Wavelength of incident light in medium }\]

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