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Light Ray Passing through a Transparent Plate
A light ray passes from medium 1 with index of refraction
through a plate with index of refraction
and continues back out again into medium 1. The path depends on the ratio
, the thickness of the plate
, and the angle of incidence
.
Contributed by:
Volodymyr Holovatsky
(Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine)
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Contributed by:
Volodymyr Holovatsky
(Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine)
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