total internal reflection
Total internal reflection is a phenomenon that occurs when light traveling through a medium encounters a boundary with another medium at such an angle that it is completely reflected back into the original medium, rather than being transmitted into the second medium.
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- critical angle
- dispersive materials
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- fiber optics
- geometrical optics
- index of refraction
- light rays
- light refraction
- mirrors
- optical fibers
- optical phenomena
- optics
- prisms
- reflection coefficient
- refraction
- refraction of light
- snell's law
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