Optics Question 806
Question: A point light source is moving with a constant velocity v inside a transparent thin spherical shell of radius R, which is filled with a transparent liquid. If at t=0 light source is at the center of the sphere, then at what time a thin dark ring will be visible for an observer outside the sphere. The refractive index of liquid with respect to that of shell is .
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Answer:
Correct Answer: A
Solution:
[a] This dark ring will be visible if ray from source gets total internal reflection from the spherical shell.
Let the source at any instant be at point P then at point Q ray will be totally reflected if
For
So,
For no light come out,