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Thanks for the reply and sory about the thread being in the wrong place...wasn't too sure where to put it! The laser will always enter as in the diagram, perpendicular to the cylinder if that makes sense! I want to find the effect if any the acrylic has on the beam in this position and then...

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=402031 Is this the direction I need to be going in with this? That matrix looks a bit daunting though any sugestions as to how I shoud tackle it?

Hello everyone, hope you can help me! I am doing research involving illumination of an object in a cylindrical acrylin tube filled with water using a Nd:Yag laser. Homework Statement I am trying to figure out the refraction of the laser as it passes from air through the curved acrylic then...