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Suppose light were incident from air onto a material that
Chapter 25, Problem 9(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
Problem 9CQ
Suppose light were incident from air onto a material that had a negative index of refraction, say –1.3; where does the refracted light ray go?
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QUESTION:
Problem 9CQ
Suppose light were incident from air onto a material that had a negative index of refraction, say –1.3; where does the refracted light ray go?
ANSWER:
Solution 9CQ
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Refraction or Snell’s law can be written as,
n1 sin θ1 = n2 sin θ2
Here, the indices of refraction of two different media in which light ray travels is n1 and n2 and the angle of incidence and angle of refraction is θ1 and θ2.