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What is Snell's Law of refraction at the boundary between two optical media?

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Antwort

$n_1 \sin(\theta_1) = n_2 \sin(\theta_2)$, where $n$ is the refractive index and $\theta$ is the angle with the normal.

Erklärung

Total internal reflection occurs when light travels from a denser to rarer medium ($n_1 > n_2$) at an incident angle exceeding the critical angle $\sin(\theta_c) = \frac{n_2}{n_1}$.

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