REFRACTION OF LIGHT Change in direction of bending of light as it enters from one medium to another (different optical densities) Caused

ed by the change in the velocity of light (denser medium lower velocity)

Law of refraction The incident and refracted rays are on opposite sides of the normal at the point of incidence, and all three lie in the same plane.

TOTAL INTERNAL REFRACTION Total internal reflection is the reflection of light at the boundary of 2 medium where the angle if incident exceeds the critical angle of the medium. Requirements Reflection for Total Internal

The value of (sin i)/(sin r) is constant for light passing from one given medium into another. This is known as Snell's law.

The light ray must propagate from an optically denser medium to an optically less dense medium. The angle of incident must exceed the critical angle.

Critical angle

Refractive index, n Definition: The ratio of the speed of refracted light in vacuum, c to its speed in the medium, v.

The critical angle is the angle of incident in an optically denser medium for which the angle or refraction is 90o.

Higher n slower light speed more bending