2007-01-27 13:58:31 · 7 answers · asked by blah b 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
I imagine it would be deflected at an angle but wouldn't be divided, because it consists of just one wave length. It would be deflected to the same angle as the same color is deflected out of a white beam.
2007-01-27 14:21:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It will not be separated since there is only one wavelength in the light. It will be refracted (bent) however, just like the red part of the white light would be. BTW, don't think of white light becoming separated into SEVEN colours. Every possible wavelength from Infrared to Ultra-violet will be bent by a slightly different amount. In practise, if you look at a spectrum (rainbow) you will not see a band of red, for example, then a band of orange, a band of yellow, etc. The colors will gradually blend from one to another in a continuum. (That's like the difference between walking up a slope as opposed to walking up stairs) In non-scientific terms we talk about the seven colors of the rainbow (actually in the USA, most talk of only six—they skip Indigo) just cos it's more convenient.
2016-05-24 07:23:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would see a beam of light!
Lasers work on ONE wavelength.
2007-01-27 14:03:44 · answer #3 · answered by tattie_herbert 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pretty Rainbow!! Yay!!
I actually have no idea. I just know that when you shine visible light through a prism it turns it into a rainbow...
2007-01-27 14:14:38 · answer #4 · answered by adamizer 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It would It would break the light down into its individual wave lengths. and show its spectrum.
2007-01-27 14:24:29 · answer #5 · answered by spinnoff 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it would break the laser and make it shine red
2007-01-27 14:03:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It would be refracted into its various spectral components.
Doug
2007-01-27 14:04:08 · answer #7 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋