(b) Figure 1 shows an incident light beam passing through multiple translucent slabs with increasing indices of refraction, i.e., n, 2n, 3n, ..., kn. Here, n is the index of refraction of the first slab. The incident light at an angle θ(i) will get refracted multiple times until the beam appears horizontal inside these slabs.
(i) Derive an inequality expression that predicts the number of slabs, k, needed so that the light beam is almost horizontal inside the slabs, i.e., the angle between the outgoing beam and the x-axis, θ, is less than 10^(-6)? Assume that the region outside the multiple slabs has the index of refraction, n = 1. (5/100)
(ii) What is the angle between the x-axis and the light beam that exits the final slab, if the incident angle is θ(i) = 0.25π rad? (6/100)