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    Total internal reflection occurs when light travels from an optically dense medium to a less dense one at an angle greater than the critical angle. When this happens, the light is totally reflected back into the dense medium rather than refracting into the less dense one. This phenomenon is used in fiber optics to transmit light signals along the fiber. The document discusses the physics of refraction and total internal reflection, providing formulas for the critical angle and conditions required for total internal reflection to occur at the interface between two media.

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    Total internal reflection occurs when light travels from an optically dense medium to a less dense one at an angle greater than the critical angle. When this happens, the light is totally reflected back into the dense medium rather than refracting into the less dense one. This phenomenon is used in fiber optics to transmit light signals along the fiber. The document discusses the physics of refraction and total internal reflection, providing formulas for the critical angle and conditions required for total internal reflection to occur at the interface between two media.

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    Total internal reflection occurs when light travels from an optically dense medium to a less dense one at an angle greater than the critical angle. When this happens, the light is totally reflected back into the dense medium rather than refracting into the less dense one. This phenomenon is used in fiber optics to transmit light signals along the fiber. The document discusses the physics of refraction and total internal reflection, providing formulas for the critical angle and conditions required for total internal reflection to occur at the interface between two media.

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    Total internal reflection occurs when light travels from an optically dense medium to a less dense one at an angle greater than the critical angle. When this happens, the light is totally reflected back into the dense medium rather than refracting into the less dense one. This phenomenon is used in fiber optics to transmit light signals along the fiber. The document discusses the physics of refraction and total internal reflection, providing formulas for the critical angle and conditions required for total internal reflection to occur at the interface between two media.

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    TOTAL INTERNAL

    REFLECTION BY
    LASER POINTER
    Introduction
    Whenever a ray of incident light travels from one
    medium to another, its path is changed i.e. it gets
    refracted.
    If the ray travels from denser medium to rarer medium,
    it suffers deviation away from the normal at the point
    of incidence. As the angle of incidence is increased,
    the angle of refraction also keeps on increasing. At a
    certain angle of incidence, called the critical angle, the
    refracted ray grazes along the surface of separation i.e.
    angle of refraction becomes just go. If the angle of
    incidence is further increased, no refraction takes
    place. Instead such a ray gets reflection inside the
    medium itself. This phenomenon is called total internal
    reflection.
     
    Refraction
    The phenomenon of bending of light when it
    come from one medium to another medium is
    called refraction. In physic, refraction is the
    change in direction of a wave passing from one
    medium to another or from a gradual change in
    the medium. Refraction of light is the most
    commonly observed phenomenon, but other
    waves such as sound waves and water waves also
    experience refraction. How much a wave is
    refracted is determined by the change in wave
    speed and the initial direction of wave
    propagation relative to the direction of change in
    speed.
     
    Refraction

    The phenomenon of bending of light when it


    come from one medium to another medium is
    called refraction. In physics, refraction is the
    change in direction of a wave passing from one
    medium to another or from a gradual change in
    the medium. Refraction of light is the most
    commonly observed phenomenon, but other
    waves such as sound waves and water waves also
    experience refraction. How much a wave is
    refracted is determined by the change in wave
    speed and the initial direction of wave
    propagation relative to the direction of change in
    speed.
    Total Internal Reflection
    Total internal reflection is the phenomenon of
    reflection of light which occurs when a ray of light
    traveling in a denser medium is incident at the
    interface of the two media at an angle greater than the
    critical angle for that pair of media.
    Formula of Total Internal Reflection

    Total internal reflection n1/n2=sinr/sini

    Critical angle, Ө sinƟ=n2/n1

    Notations Used In The Total Internal Reflection


    Formula And Critical Angle
    •r is the angle of refraction
    •i is the angle of incidence
    •n1 is the refractive index in medium 1
    •n2 is the refractive index in medium 2
    •Ө is the critical angle
    1.Law of Reflection
    Obs. No. Incidence angle(i) Reflection angle (r)
    1 100 100
    2 200 200
    3 300 300

    4 400 400
    5 500 500
    6 600 600
    7 700 700
    8 800 800
    2.Law of Refraction
    Obs. Incidence Refraction RI
    No. angle(i) angle(r)
    1 100 100 1
    2 200 200 1
    3 300 28o 1.065
    4 400 370 1.068
    5 500 470 1.047
    6 600 560 1.044
    7 700 670 1.020
    8 800 760 1.014
    3.Total Internal Reflection
    Obs.No. Incidence angle(i) emergence
    angle(e) in
    degree
    1 100 14

    2 200 27

    3 300 39

    4 400 55

    5 500 42

    6 600 34

    7 700 26

    8 800 54
    Conclusion
    1. Law of Reflection is verified using this
    method.
    2. Law of Refraction is also verified using this
    method & Refractive index of glass is also
    calculated.
    3. Refractive index of glass is found to be
    1.0443 using this method which is very less.
    4. Total internal Reflection phenomenon is also
    studied using this method and critical angle for
    glass prism is 400.
     

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