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  • Thumbnail for Snell's law
    ibn-Sahl law, and the law of refraction) is a formula used to describe the relationship between the angles of incidence and refraction, when referring to light...
    27 KB (3,953 words) - 16:14, 26 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Refractive index
    described by Snell's law of refraction, n1 sin θ1 = n2 sin θ2, where θ1 and θ2 are the angle of incidence and angle of refraction, respectively, of a ray...
    78 KB (8,741 words) - 20:49, 1 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Refraction
    speed. For light, refraction follows Snell's law, which states that, for a given pair of media, the ratio of the sines of the angle of incidence θ 1 {\displaystyle...
    21 KB (2,580 words) - 07:38, 8 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Refracting telescope
    Although large refracting telescopes were very popular in the second half of the 19th century, for most research purposes, the refracting telescope has...
    35 KB (3,717 words) - 10:54, 1 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Minimum deviation
    deviation angle is known as the minimum angle of deviation (denoted by δmin, Dλ, or Dm). The angle of minimum deviation is related with the refractive index...
    12 KB (1,276 words) - 02:51, 29 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Refractometer
    measurement of an index of refraction (refractometry). The index of refraction is calculated from the observed refraction angle using Snell's law. For mixtures...
    14 KB (1,669 words) - 20:51, 3 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Brewster's angle
    Brewster's angle (also known as the polarization angle) is an angle of incidence at which light with a particular polarization is perfectly transmitted...
    14 KB (1,707 words) - 16:15, 31 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Total internal reflection
    critical angle. As the incident wavefront approaches this critical obliquity, the refracted wavefront becomes concentrated against the refracting surface...
    109 KB (13,492 words) - 15:52, 25 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fresnel equations
    of refractive indices n1 and n2 at point O. Part of the wave is reflected in the direction OR, and part refracted in the direction OT. The angles that...
    69 KB (8,311 words) - 21:31, 4 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Prism spectrometer
    prism refracts light into its different colors (wavelengths). The dispersion occurs because the angle of refraction is dependent on the refractive index...
    3 KB (324 words) - 04:23, 2 April 2023
  • critical angle. The angle of reflection and angle of refraction are other angles related to beams. In computer graphics and geography, the angle of incidence...
    4 KB (403 words) - 22:47, 25 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Reflection (physics)
    incidence equals the angle of reflection. In fact, reflection of light may occur whenever light travels from a medium of a given refractive index into a medium...
    16 KB (2,129 words) - 04:12, 17 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rainbow
    as 2β, then the angle of incidence of the Sun's rays with respect to the drop's surface normal is 2β − φ. Since the angle of refraction is β, Snell's law...
    81 KB (9,238 words) - 19:26, 9 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Birefringence
    normal law of refraction (corresponding to the ordinary refractive index), so an incoming ray at normal incidence remains normal to the refracting surface....
    59 KB (6,588 words) - 02:43, 7 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Numerical aperture
    that characterizes the range of angles over which the system can accept or emit light. By incorporating index of refraction in its definition, NA has the...
    17 KB (2,287 words) - 19:22, 25 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Atmospheric refraction
    the other is the ratio of the angle that the line of sight subtends at the center of the Earth to the angle of refraction measured at the observer. Since...
    30 KB (3,728 words) - 06:38, 8 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Contrast transfer function
    \alpha _{f}} in refracted angle between rays originating from a focused and defocused object, can be related to the refracted angle as R 2 + b 2 ⋅ sin...
    19 KB (2,946 words) - 13:43, 29 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ray (optics)
    Ray (optics) (redirect from Refracted ray)
    specular (non-scattering) surface, the angle of reflection is always equal to the angle of incidence. The refracted ray or transmitted ray corresponding...
    14 KB (1,990 words) - 13:21, 2 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Negative-index metamaterial
    were predicted to exhibit counterintuitive properties like bending or refracting light in unusual and unexpected ways. However, the first practical metamaterial...
    72 KB (7,646 words) - 00:37, 12 November 2024
  • Seismic wide-angle reflection and refraction is a technique used in geophysical investigations of Earth's crust and upper mantle. It allows the development...
    4 KB (507 words) - 13:27, 18 September 2023
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