Light rays that enter your eye are affected by tho fluid that fills the eyeball,

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Light rays that enter your eye are affected by tho fluid that fills the eyeball, called the vitreous humor (Figure 1) When red light from a lambda = 633 nm holium-neon lasor enters your eye, its wavelength drops to 474 nm Use this information to calulate the index of retraction of the vitreous humor and the speed and frequency ot light passing torough it Part A. Practice Problem: The newest laser pointers ent light with a wavelenght of lambda_0 = 573nm in air. What is the wavelanght of this light in vitrious humor of the eyeball? Express your answer ot three significant figures and include appropriate units.

Explanation / Answer

let n is the refractive index of vitreous humor

n = lamda_o/lamda'

= 633/474

= 1.335

in the given problem, lamda_o = 573 nm

lamda' = ?

we know,

n = lamda_o/lamda'

==> lamda' = lamda_o/n

= 573 nm/1.335

= 429 nm <<<<<<<<<------------------Answer

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