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A ray of light is incident from air on a glass plate having thickness and refractive index . The angle of incidence of a ray is equal to the critical angle for glass-air interface. The lateral displacement of the ray when it passes through the plate is . (given )
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Let be the critical angle.
Then, , where, is the refractive index of glass.
So,
As the angle of incidence is equal to the critical angle, so using Snell's law,
Now, lateral displacement of the ray is
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