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Law of refraction
In my textbook it is given that "The refractive index of a substance does not depend on the angle of incidence"
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Problem in explanations about refracted light
I'm trying to understand light's refraction properties but I find issue with every explanation I come across.
For instance, my book uses as an example a marching band which comes across a muddy ...
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Calculating angle of refraction of water in this lab setup? [closed]
The setup of the experiment is as drawn in the picture (where the red circle is a rotating disk, the box is a laser and the straight line the laser beam and the semi circle in the middle of the ...
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How does light manage to change its course at the boundary of two media of different optical densities?
This is a conceptual question. I already know the law of refraction but I need something like an idea of the Physical process from both particle and wave theory standpoints.
Why does a ray of light ...
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How much can a thin layer of hi-speed material within a low-speed volume block a wave due to total internal reflection?
Consider a block of isotropic material with compression wave velocity associated with it, $v_1$. Consider a thin flat layer of high compression wave velocity $v_2, v_2>v_1$ that is buried within ...
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