Question

Two media 'a' and 'b' have same refractive index. A ray of light travelling from medium 'a' to medium 'b' will suffer:

Options

• refraction at the interfaces

• partly suffer reflection at the interfaces

• partly gets absorbed in medium 'b'

• both partly suffer reflection at the interfaces and partly gets absorbed in medium 'b'

Answer 1

Partly suffer reflection at the interfaces

Explanation:

The expected answer is partial reflection at the interface. Since the two media have the same refractive index, the ray does not bend due to refraction.