A monochromatic light of frequency
travelling through air, is incident on a medium of refractive index ' 2 '. Wavelength of the refracted light will be:
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To find the wavelength of the refracted light in a medium with a refractive index of 2, we can use the relationship between frequency, wavelength, and the speed of light. The frequency (
) of the light remains the same when it enters the medium.
The formula relating frequency, wavelength, and velocity is:

Where:
is the speed of light in the medium,
is the frequency of the light,
is the wavelength of the light. The wavelength of light in the medium (
can be found using the refractive index
and the wavelength in a vacuum (
) as follows:

Given:
Frequency of the light,
Speed of light in a vacuum,

Refractive index of the medium,
First, calculate
:

Now calculate
:

Converting to nanometers:

Therefore, the wavelength of the refracted light in the medium is
.
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