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| Apr16-06, 04:43 AM | #1 |
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EM wave Phase change by reflection
I think I read that from Maxwell's eqautions it follows that by
reflection of an EM wave on the boundary between two media the reflected beam (wave) undergoes a phase change of PI or 180 grad (lambda/2) independent of the media, incidence angle or the percentage of transmition. But for a beam splitter I read in some textbooks that the phase change is PI/2 or 90 grad (lambda/4) for the reflected beam. What is then right? If there is a difference (PI---PI/2) than why? |
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