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Do Normal Incidence contradicts the definition of refraction?
Professor told our class that if someone wants to define refraction in words, it can be done as the following, The deviation of light from its path when it passes from one medium to another is called ...
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Shouldn't a part of the ray have to travel $\frac{\lambda_2}{2}$ extra path in the medium $n_2$?
Basically, my teacher had given the class a question regarding thin film interference that, there is a medium with refractive index $n_1$ below that there is another medium with thickness $t$ with ...
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If a beam of light follows the path $y(x)=y_0\sin(x/y_0)$, what is the index of refraction?
An exam question that showed up while I was studying:
A plane wave refracts and follows a ray given by the equation $y=y_0\sin(x/y_0)$ where $y_0$ is a constant. Find the refractive index $n(y)$ ...
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Snell's Law- Extraordinary ray
I applied the snell's law to find the angle of refraction of the Ordinary and Extraordinary ray. And I got the correct answer 3.51. But I know my approach to the question is wrong because I applied ...
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Refraction of light - Huygens' Principle
To elucidate the rationale behind the bending of light as it transitions between different mediums, Huygens' principle is predominantly employed. The procedure, as demonstrated in this video (link: ...
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Aquarium/refractive indices/detector
Quick question: I'm currently fiddling around with this homework of mine and I seem to be lacking some basic optics knowledge apparently.
An aquarium is filled with a fluid as seen in the figure ...
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Laser travelling through a radially graded index of refraction
A laser beam propagates through a region whose refractive index varies as $\mu=\mu_0(\frac{r}{r_0})$. At a distance of R the beam makes an angle of 30° with the normal.
Find the minimum seperation ...
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What is the angle of incidence in the following exercise?
Would like to verify which is the incident ray of light in this exercise
According to provided solution the incidence ray is the top one and the correct angle of incidence is equals 60 degree (90 - 30 ...
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How can the image be any size orher than the object?
Am image is just the set of images of all the points on the thing. The complete image has to be the same size as the object if there is exactly one image for each point on the object forming it. So an ...
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Evaluating whether a surface apperance is light or dark for the case incident light is in normal direction
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The system in the figure is illuminated in the normal direction
by wide monochromotic light source in the first environment.
Explain in detail the light and dark condition of the ...
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Why does a qualitative analysis of this question about refraction differ from the answer found through the application of the equation?
Suppose that an object O is in glass ($ \mu $ = 1.5), 6.5 cm from a spherical glass-air interface (from P in Figure 1) where glass is on the concave side and air is on the convex side. In the diagram ...
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Optical shift in a view from above
In the following case, two objects are moving to each other from two different media:
Apparently, the distance between the two, at this moment, is not the sum of $6$ and $0.8$, but involves dividing ...
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Difficulty in understanding an optics question
So here's the question:-
A thin film of transparent material of refractive index $1.52$ and thickness $0.42\ \rm \mu m$ forms a thin coating on glass of refractive index $1.60$. It is viewed by ...
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