Timeline for Time involved in reflection
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| S Jun 8, 2016 at 14:10 | history | suggested | sammy gerbil |
tags added for EMR and reflection
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| Jun 8, 2016 at 14:03 | comment | added | sammy gerbil | Good question. But I think reflection is more like scattering (as suggested by @jim 's comment below) than absorption and re-emission. A related issue is : where exactly does reflection take place? The reflected wave originates a short distance below the "surface" of even a very flat mirror. This relates to the "Skin Depth" of the material. Also relevant is the phase change on reflection, which could be seen as a delay. However, all these processes are far shorter than absorption and re-emission; by comparision reflection is "instantaneous". | |
| Jun 8, 2016 at 14:02 | comment | added | CuriousOne | The electromagnetic field doesn't get absorbed (to first order) and one wouldn't describe the process with the equivalent of an atomic scattering process, either. | |
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| Jun 8, 2016 at 12:41 | history | edited | honeste_vivere | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
fixed grammar
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| Jun 8, 2016 at 12:37 | comment | added | Moonraker | related (without answer yet): This question | |
| S Jun 8, 2016 at 12:29 | history | suggested | CommunityBot | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
changed 'photon' to 'light'
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| Jun 8, 2016 at 11:41 | history | asked | Alf | CC BY-SA 3.0 |