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This tag is for questions relating to reflection, the change in direction of a wavefront at an interface between two different media so that the wavefront returns into the medium from which it originated. A familiar example of reflection comes from water waves; as the waves travel they reflect off objects that are floating in the water, and also reflect off the walls of the container holding the water.

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Surfaces that refract, but do not reflect

Besides the slab structure (not a material) and negative index material (quite hard to obtain, even in a lab), I would like to add another category of materials with the desired properties. For a mate …
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Can light be trapped theoretically?

From your question, I guess the double mirror configuration is just an example you thought of. I suppose your question actually is about if a photon can be trapped. Then basically yes. A device able t …
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