Natural Phenomena Simulation Group

University of Waterloo

 

 


Total Internal Reflection

A series of images depicting a sphere inside of a glass cube. The glass has refractive index ηglass = 1.5, and it is surrounded by water with refractive index ηwater = 1.33. The viewing angle increases as we move from the top-left to the bottom-left image, clockwise. As a result, the reflection of the sky and sphere become visible near the bottom of the cube due to total internal reflection.


Copyright: Scott Steinfeld and G. Baranoski.


 
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