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Why do high frequencies have a larger deflection through a prism than smaller frequencies?

December 25th, 2022

Which colour comes out first from a prism?

March 12th, 2020

Can focal length of convex lens be negative?

May 26th, 2020

Reflection coefficient as a function of frequency

February 23rd, 2021

Can refractive index be used interchangeably with wave impedance?

April 29th, 2020

How can I estimate the elasto-optic coefficients ($p_{11}$ and $p_{12}$) of a material?

December 30th, 2020

why does the graph of deviation angle in a prism doesn't get a symmetry?

August 10th, 2022

How do opaque materials have an index of refraction?

August 10th, 2022

Weird Reflection Pattern in Reading Glasses

August 1st, 2022

How can reflection and refraction be explained classically and microscopically?

August 4th, 2022

Earth curvature refraction for dummies

August 1st, 2022

How does the Huygens–Fresnel principle apply to diffraction?

June 22nd, 2020

How can a slowed light ray bend?

August 11th, 2022

Why does the light travel slower in denser medium?

August 13th, 2022

Rainbow in cloud near Sun

August 1st, 2022

Is it possible to witness a circular rainbow?

August 12th, 2022

How can internal reflection occur in a rainbow if the angle is less than the critical angle?

January 19th, 2021

How to bend light?

August 1st, 2022

Refraction: Swimming goggles, short-sightedness, and underwater vision

November 22nd, 2020

Why is the speed of light in a medium smaller than its value in vacuum?

January 27th, 2021

Is the speed of light through a medium invariant, just like the speed of light through vacuum is invariant? Also, do time dilation etc. still occur?

August 1st, 2022

Why would an object appear a different size when in water?

August 1st, 2022

Why do diamonds shine?

August 13th, 2020

Real and imaginary parts of dielectric constant vs refractive index?

June 16th, 2020

Why do mirages only appear on hot days?

June 16th, 2021

Why can we only "see" reflected light?

April 11th, 2020

Why Does Snell's Law use Sine Instead of Angle Values?

August 1st, 2022

Does light loses its energy when it passes through denser medium?

October 25th, 2020

Why does the index of refraction change the direction of light?

June 21st, 2020

Why does reflection occur on transparent materials?

August 1st, 2022