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Reflection and Refraction

Tony Hyun Kim 9/22/2008 6.161: Lab 1. Reflection and Refraction. Topics to be discussed. Geometric reflection and refraction, Snell’s law (Experiment 1.6) Polarization dependent reflectivity , R (Experiment 1.5) Explanation of the angular dependence of R.

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Reflection and Refraction

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  1. Tony Hyun Kim 9/22/2008 6.161: Lab 1 Reflection and Refraction

  2. Topics to be discussed • Geometric reflection and refraction, Snell’s law • (Experiment 1.6) • Polarization dependent reflectivity, R • (Experiment 1.5) • Explanation of the angular dependence of R

  3. Reflection and refraction at a boundary • Incident angle = Reflected angle: θ1 = θ1’ • Refracted angle obeys Snell’s law: sin θ1 = n sin θ2

  4. Analysis of prism (Expt. 1.6) • Can calculate the index of refraction, n:

  5. Analysis of prism (Expt. 1.6) • Tilt prism output beam grazes hypotenuse (Analysis yields that n = 1.54)

  6. More detailed analysis of reflection • The reflected angle is simple: • However, intensity of reflected beam is complicated!

  7. Reflectivity depends on polarization of light Electric field “Transverse magnetic” (“Horizontal”) “Transverse electric” (“Vertical”)

  8. Experimental setup

  9. “Brewster’s angle”

  10. Explanation of the angular dependence • The full treatment involves Maxwell’s equations applied to an interface. • Dipole oscillations can give qualitative intuition for Brewster’s angle.

  11. Brewster’s angle

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