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Rainbow Prism1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00Parallel beams of light strike a prism whose width varies with time. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet (ROYGBIV) rays are refracted by slightly different amounts. This is called dispersion, and becomes more obvious when the prism is ...PT38Shttps://d38zjy0x98992m.cloudfront.net/6d0c1f4a-a245-4bb0-ace2-10a9656cc79f/Rainbow_Prism_265_38s_xlarge.jpghttps://d38zjy0x98992m.cloudfront.net/6d0c1f4a-a245-4bb0-ace2-10a9656cc79f/Rainbow_Prism_265_38s_mp4_hd_video.mp4https://www.scientific.pictures/media/6d0c1f4a-a245-4bb0-ace2-10a9656cc79f/pricehttps://www.scientific.pictures/media/6d0c1f4a-a245-4bb0-ace2-10a9656cc79f/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
Published in: Optics
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/media/86fec9ec-3ffe-4c42-9b40-644595c4207c/pricehttps://www.scientific.pictures/media/86fec9ec-3ffe-4c42-9b40-644595c4207c/price
OPTICS: Plane Mirror Wide Beam1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00Animation of a simulated beam of light being reflected by a plane mirror that changes orientation.PT40Shttps://d38zjy0x98992m.cloudfront.net/bbaaabf8-0264-4cca-aa87-295969c0dfaa/OPTICS_Plane_Mirror_Wide_Beam_265_xlarge.jpghttps://d38zjy0x98992m.cloudfront.net/bbaaabf8-0264-4cca-aa87-295969c0dfaa/OPTICS_Plane_Mirror_Wide_Beam_265_mp4_hd_video.mp4https://www.scientific.pictures/media/bbaaabf8-0264-4cca-aa87-295969c0dfaa/pricehttps://www.scientific.pictures/media/bbaaabf8-0264-4cca-aa87-295969c0dfaa/price