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Total Internal Reflection

Often illustrated with visible light, a wave sometimes can't escape a medium and is reflected.

  1. Total Internal Reflection and Critical Angle

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1. Total Internal Reflection and Critical Angle

As light passes from a denser medium to an optically less dense substance there is a limit to the angle that the light can leave at. Beyond this critical angle the light doesn't leave and is totally internally reflected.

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