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Stokes relations for a glass slab
Stokes relations describes the transmission and reflection coefficients at a boundary between materials of different refractive indices, derived using a time-reversal argument. As far as I understand, ...
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Why are the edges of a broken glass almost opaque?
Unfortunately I broke my specs today which I used in this question.
But I observed that the edges are completely different then the entire part of the lens. The middle portion of the lens was ...
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Weird Reflection Pattern in Reading Glasses
While fidgeting with a pair of reading glasses, I noticed a strange reflection pattern (shown in video and photo).
I would appreciate it if anyone that knows more about this could help me figure out ...
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More light reflected off of double pane windows?
In glass windows, you get light passing through and light reflecting off the front and back surfaces. Would you get more light reflecting off of triple or double pane windows? Because you have double ...
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Which phenomenon does a normal window glass shows? [closed]
As we are able see outside from our window glass since it shows refraction in day but what happens in night as in night we are unable to see out since it shows reflection in night and sometimes it ...
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