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How can I prove that $T_\pi = 0$ at Brewster's angle? [closed]
So, I've been trying to prove this with pure trigonometry just for fun, without using the fact that $R + T = 1$, but no success. Here's my last try, using a combination of both facts that the angles ...
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When given light colour and refractive index, how do I find wavelength?
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If I knew that this green light, which has a wavelength of 500 nm in air, travels through a medium with a refractive index of 2.4, how would I find the wavelength in the medium?
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Equations of Fermat's principle/Snell's law in a gradient lens (sugar aquarium)
I'm trying to animate a beam of light inside a substance with gradient index of refraction as a function of y. A good example of that is a syrup inside an aquarium like here https://www.youtube.com/...
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How I can prove refractive index in an environment is this? [closed]
in "Applied Quantum Mechanics" by A.F.J. Levi, is a problem that I couldn't solve it can any solve it:
if electrical filed is:
$$
\mathbf{E}\left(\mathbf{r}, \omega \right) =\mathbf{E}_{0}\left(\...
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