Teaching diffuse, specular, and total internal reflection via a halo effect
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DOI: 10.1088/1361-6404/add5aa
Abstract: Interesting and pedagogically useful physics can be found in the halo produced by a laser pointer directed into a shallow body of water. We describe a simple model for this phenomenon using geometric optics and… read more here.
Keywords: total internal; halo; optics; specular total ... See more keywords