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Could a transparent frequency-altering material be possible?
I would imagine a material that is transparent but a electromagnetic wave going out will have a lower frequency than when going in (and maintaining it's direction). You could build glasses to see UV-...
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What formalism is used to model thin film optical coatings that function across a range of angles of incident light?
Thin film optical coatings [0] are atomically/molecularly thin layers of material applied to a substrate with the intent of affecting the optical properties of the substrate. For example, magnesium ...
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Why can't ultraviolet light pass through glass?
What factor determine whether a body behaves like a transparent object for EM waves of a particular frequency?
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Properties of light and refractive index of materials
Why does the refractive index of a material dependent on the wavelenght of light incident on it.
