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Question
What is the shape of the wavefront after a plane wave passes through a thin prism?
Explanation
**Intensity not depend on speed** when enters denser medium because intensity I ∝ n E₀²? Actually Poynting vector S = E×H, energy density u =½ ε E², for same amplitude E₀ intensity proportional to n, but amplitude changes at interface due to reflection, total energy conserved incident = reflected + transmitted, interference does not destroy energy, it redistributes. A plane wave passing through a prism gets tilted due to the varying thickness, resulting in a tilted plane wavefront. Using Δ = d sinθ, y = n λ D/d, a sinθ = n λ, I = I₀ cos²θ, n = c/v, sinC = 1/n, λ' =
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