TECHNICAL PAPER - Materion

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= sin-1(n 2 /n 1). Figure 4. s and p reflection for n 1 < n 2 and n 1 > n 2. Total internal reflection is critical for the operation of optical waveguides, including fiber optics. Figure 5 demonstrates total internal reflection in a block of PMMA. Here n 1 = 1 and n 2 = 1.5. If n 1 < n 2, some

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