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  • Thumbnail for Refraction
    medium. Refraction of light is the most commonly observed phenomenon, but other waves such as sound waves and water waves also experience refraction. How...
    21 KB (2,576 words) - 20:44, 14 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Snell's law
    negative angle of refraction with a negative refractive index. The law states that, for a given pair of media, the ratio of the sines of angle of incidence...
    27 KB (3,933 words) - 11:32, 1 June 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...
    76 KB (8,490 words) - 15:40, 22 April 2024
  • 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) - 23:56, 7 May 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 Total internal reflection
    of the drop, and the angle of refraction is less than the critical angle for water-air incidence; but this angle of refraction, by the spherical symmetry...
    109 KB (13,482 words) - 23:31, 2 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Brewster's angle
    _{1}+\theta _{2}=90^{\circ },} where θ1 is the angle of reflection (or incidence) and θ2 is the angle of refraction. Using Snell's law, n 1 sin ⁡ θ 1 = n 2 sin...
    14 KB (1,707 words) - 19:14, 24 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Atmospheric refraction
    This refraction is due to the velocity of light through air decreasing (the refractive index increases) with increased density. Atmospheric refraction near...
    30 KB (3,728 words) - 06:38, 8 February 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
  • Thumbnail for Negative-index metamaterial
    the effects most studied is the negative index of refraction. When a negative index of refraction occurs, propagation of the electromagnetic wave is...
    72 KB (7,631 words) - 05:58, 6 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Conical refraction
    possible conical refractions, one internal and one external. For internal refraction, there are 4 directions, and for external refraction, there are 4 other...
    35 KB (5,370 words) - 03:44, 31 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Seismic refraction
    Seismic refraction is a geophysical principle governed by Snell's Law of refraction. The seismic refraction method utilizes the refraction of seismic waves...
    4 KB (581 words) - 19:16, 15 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Fresnel equations
    interface between a medium with refractive index n1 and a second medium with refractive index n2, both reflection and refraction of the light may occur. The...
    70 KB (8,291 words) - 21:46, 8 May 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) - 08:57, 7 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Reflection (physics)
    of reflected light sources Negative refraction Ocean surface wave Reflection coefficient Reflectivity Refraction Ripple tank Signal reflection Snell's...
    16 KB (2,129 words) - 12:43, 20 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Birefringence
    where one would compute the angle of refraction as zero (according to Snell's law, regardless of the effective index of refraction), the energy of the extraordinary...
    59 KB (6,582 words) - 03:52, 16 April 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...
    16 KB (2,252 words) - 07:40, 2 June 2024
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    eyeglass prescription. A refraction procedure consists of two parts: objective and subjective. An objective refraction is a refraction obtained without receiving...
    17 KB (2,079 words) - 09:10, 16 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Oil immersion
    objective). The refractive indices of the oil and of the glass in the first lens element are nearly the same, which means that the refraction of light will...
    9 KB (1,175 words) - 11:31, 4 March 2024
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    Horizon (redirect from Horizon zenith angle)
    is the index of refraction of air at the observer's height, and μ0 is the index of refraction of air at Earth's surface. The refraction must be found by...
    28 KB (3,996 words) - 20:42, 31 March 2024
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