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AP Physics 2
14.4 Electromagnetic Waves
14.3 Boundary Behavior of Waves and Polarization
14.2 Periodic Waves
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A vertical glass block of thickness L sits in vacuum. Two horizontal parallel arrows representing Beam 1 and Beam 2 point toward the left face of the block at normal incidence. Inside the block, sinusoidal waves are sketched along each beam's path across the thickness L to represent wave propagation. No other labels, text, or elements appear.
Two light beams incident on a glass block of thickness \(L\).
Two monochromatic light beams, Beam 1 and Beam 2, travel through a vacuum and enter a flat block of dispersive glass of thickness \(L\) at normal incidence. In a vacuum, Beam 1 has wavelength \(\lambda_1\) and Beam 2 has wavelength \(\lambda_2 = 1.5\lambda_1\). Due to chromatic dispersion in the glass, the index of refraction for Beam 1 is \(n_1\), whereas the index of refraction for Beam 2 is \(n_2 = 0.80n_1\). What is the ratio \(\dfrac{N_1}{N_2}\) of the number of wavelengths of Beam 1 contained within the glass block to the number of wavelengths of Beam 2 contained within the glass block?

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