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Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Wrong Snell's Law

The previous post "Not Snell's Law" dated 03 Jan 2018 is wrong.



Notice the swap λia.

asin(θi)+λicos(θi)=OC=λrtan(12θr)

λiλraλisin(θi)+1cos(θi)=1tan(12θr)

If aλi1 ie a torus with a small hole,

λiλrsin(θi)+1cos(θi)=1tan(12θr)

which is the same as before. Wrong!