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External Reflection (Air-to-Glass)

Circularly polarized light incident at Brewster's angle.	Unpolarized light incident at Brewster's angle.
Linearly polarized light polarized perpendicular to the plane of incidence, angle of incidence of 35 degrees. Note the pi phase change upon reflection.	Linearly polarized light polarized parallel to the plane of incidence, angle of incidence of 35 degrees. Note that there is no phase change upon reflection.
Linearly polarized light polarized perpendicular to the plane of incidence, angle of incidence of 70 degrees. Note the pi phase change upon reflection.	Linearly polarized light polarized parallel to the plane of incidence, angle of incidence of 70 degrees. Note that there is a pi phase change upon reflection.

Internal Reflection (Glass-to-Air)




Circularly polarized light incident at an angle greater than the critical angle.
The evanescent waves in the air are not being pictured.

Created by Srihari Angaluri and Kiril N Vidimce
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