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Reflection of a polarised beam
The past days I've been trying to understand how AutoFocus(AF) works on photographic cameras. There is a statement that says AF systems are polarisation sensitive. This means that they can only work ...
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choosing the right color
Context: My room is being painted, and i sit and study in a corner of the room, surrounded by walls on 2 sides, such that i am facing the wall. A tube light is at my 4-5 o'clock, and a ...
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Bragg reflected electrons
Could you explain how does bragg reflection happen for electrons? What does it mean that when they satisfy Laue condition? This already is asked in Physics SE. They are Bragg reflected in the opposite ...
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Modeling a spray painted polyurethane surface reflection
I'm modeling light interaction/reflection from a fiberglass surface with polyurethane epoxy (that is very reflective) that has been spray painted with a matte black paint. I'm looking for some input ...
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Show that the plane of incidence is perpendicular to the surface of reflection
Is it possible to derive from the boundary conditions of the Maxwell equations for E and H, that the plane of incidence for an EM wave is perpendicular to the reflection surface? How? If not, what ...
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How to derive a multi-reflection echo from a given single-reflection “trace”
Consider a one-dimensional semi-bounded "ray" (or thin "cylinder") of stratum (or just any homogeneous substance) which has several "features" along it's length (say, thin films). Consider a wave that ...
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Sum of intensity of reflected and transmitted waves
The given state:
Let $\psi$ be a wave that passes from medium $a$ to medium $b$.
Let $A$ be the amplitude of $\psi$.
Let $R$ be the amplitude ratio of the reflected wave $\psi_r$ and the original one, ...
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Perimeter of Image of a Square
A concave mirror of focal length =10 cm is placed 15 cm from a square. The square lie on the principal axis i.e it's one side coincides with the principal axis. What is the perimeter of the image? How ...
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How does a lens affect the field of view in a mirror?
If one looks into a mirror, he can see a certain field of view.
If he places a convex lens that magnifies (or a concave lens that does the opposite) in front of the mirror, but so that he can still ...
