Dispersion in a Prism Separate Colours1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00Beams of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, light (ROYGBIV) strike a prism. Higher frequency (shorter wavelength) colours, like blue and violet, are refracted more than the longer wavelengths, like red. The simulation uses the refrac...PT33Shttps://d38zjy0x98992m.cloudfront.net/a132154b-b373-4286-884e-b0f14390c38d/PRISM_Dispersion_Video_265_xlarge.jpghttps://d38zjy0x98992m.cloudfront.net/a132154b-b373-4286-884e-b0f14390c38d/PRISM_Dispersion_Video_265_mp4_hd_video.mp4https://www.scientific.pictures/-/galleries/optics/-/medias/a132154b-b373-4286-884e-b0f14390c38d/pricehttps://www.scientific.pictures/-/galleries/optics/-/medias/a132154b-b373-4286-884e-b0f14390c38d/price
Dispersion of White Light by a Prism
A beam of white light, as from the sun, strikes a prism made of flint glass. Flint glass has a high refractive index and a high dispersion (spread). Shorter wavelengths (blue) are refracted more than the longer wavelengths (red), causing the beam to split into a rainbow or spectrum. This animation is a simulation and the prism becomes flatter and wider, illustrating how the refraction and dispersion increase with the widening.
Animation ID: DISPERSION_White_Light_Through_a_Prism_265
Duration: 00:48
Animation resolution: 3840x2160 pixels @ 30.0 fps, ~2.3 Mbits/s
Dispersion of White Light by a Prism2023-10-27T06:25:58ZA beam of white light, as from the sun, strikes a prism made of flint glass. Flint glass has a high refractive index and a high dispersion (spread). Shorter wavelengths (blue) are refracted more than the longer wavelengths (red), causing the beam to sp...PT48Shttps://d38zjy0x98992m.cloudfront.net/86fec9ec-3ffe-4c42-9b40-644595c4207c/DISPERSION_White_Light_Through_a_Prism_265~2_xlarge.jpghttps://d38zjy0x98992m.cloudfront.net/86fec9ec-3ffe-4c42-9b40-644595c4207c/DISPERSION_White_Light_Through_a_Prism_265~2_mp4_hd_video.mp4https://www.scientific.pictures/-/galleries/optics/-/medias/86fec9ec-3ffe-4c42-9b40-644595c4207c/pricehttps://www.scientific.pictures/-/galleries/optics/-/medias/86fec9ec-3ffe-4c42-9b40-644595c4207c/price
Chromatic Aberration Lens Animation1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00Beams of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, light (ROYGBIV) strike a convex (converging) lens and cross (are brought to a focus). Higher frequency (shorter wavelength) colours, like blue and violet, are refracted more, bringing their...PT30Shttps://d38zjy0x98992m.cloudfront.net/09d53eb3-187b-467a-adbf-b8dd2ffb7cfb/LENS_Chromatic_Aberration_Video_265_xlarge.jpghttps://d38zjy0x98992m.cloudfront.net/09d53eb3-187b-467a-adbf-b8dd2ffb7cfb/LENS_Chromatic_Aberration_Video_265_mp4_hd_video.mp4https://www.scientific.pictures/-/galleries/optics/-/medias/09d53eb3-187b-467a-adbf-b8dd2ffb7cfb/pricehttps://www.scientific.pictures/-/galleries/optics/-/medias/09d53eb3-187b-467a-adbf-b8dd2ffb7cfb/price