Prisms are able to make a "rainbow" of colors since when light passes through the prism its different wavelengths move through the glass at different rates due to their varied frequencies. If you put a laser into a prism it wouldn't split if there was only one frequency making up the laser.
Prisms are able to make a "rainbow" of colors since when light passes through the prism its different wavelengths move through the glass at different rates due to their varied frequencies. If you put a laser into a prism it wouldn't split if there was only one frequency making up the laser.