Re: What is total refraction?

On Jun 19, 12:55 pm, brakadabras <brakadab...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jun 19, 2:34 pm, DarkProtoman <Protoman2...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

What is total refraction? I know what total internal reflection is --
when a beam of light crosses from a higher refractive index to a lower
one at an angle greater than the critical angle, resulting in the beam
being reflected--, but I only heard about total refraction on a
wikipedia writeup, which didn't explain it very well. I know how it
happens --when you pass a beam of light b/w two media w/ opposite
refractive indices--, but what would you see when it occurs?

Check thishttp://physicsweb.org/articles/world/16/5/3

Other example of a total refraction could be observed with a polarized
light incident at Brewster's angle.
p-polarized light is not reflected, thus a total refraction :)



Is it possible to combine the two effects? Or is total refraction a
special case of total internal reflection?

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OK, that didn't help. Like if I had a lens with a refractive index of
-1.00, and I placed it in a vacuum --refractive index of +1.00--, and
shined a beam of light through it at an object. What would happen?

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