BRAINCAKEMaterial(Spectral) Dispersion
The speed of light in a medium depends on its wavelength.
If pulses of white light are used in an optical fibre violet light travels more slowly than red.
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Key terms in this lesson
- Dispersion
- The splitting of white light into its constituent colours because different wavelengths are refracted by different amounts.