Recent content by SunMesa

Hello All, I'm not sure if this query belongs in the Atomic/Solid State/Comp. Physics category (vs. say, Classical Physics), but I'm fishing here anyway. I'm looking for current values of the empirical constants in the Tait equation of state, and/or the 'modified' (adiabatic) Tait EOS, for...

Pete99, From what little grasp I have of the reciprocity theorem, I am unable to glean any insight from its application to this scenario. It does posit that the ratio of current to electric potential will remain constant under a swap of source and detector, but this symmetry does not hold...

Bob S, jtbell, Thanks for the links (Bob S, yes, your new Google link did bring up the missing Slater & Frank pages... how'd you do that?). All of your links are solid fundamental treatments, and it is clear how the Fresnel equations follow from the boundary conditions at the interface(s)...

Bob, Tried that, it still cuts off at the end of page 118. I guess they're on to us!

Bob, By a cruel twist of fate, the Google preview of your reference ends at page 118! However, the immediately preceding pages provide a fairly rigorous introduction, that should get me well on my way. Thanks-

All, Apologies for not searching previous threads on this. I gather this has been an ongoing issue. The Ctrl-F5 trick seems to be working for me. Not sure if I can delete this thread on my own, if not, moderators feel free.

I'm a newbie, please bear with me... I can't seem to be able to preview equations generated with the Latex buttons. The Latex code itself appears in the message composition box, but in the preview area all that appears is the ascii text, along with a lower-case greek "alpha" character in the...

Redbelly98, Pete99, Thanks for your replies. It's good to know someone else has heard of this result. It's fairly straightforward to derive from the Fresnel equations, although I don't want to do it here until I get more comfortable with inserting equations into these posts*. Snell's law does...

My first (successful) post, hope this isn't silly/trivial. Also hope this is the appropriate area for optics-related questions. While debugging some code that applies the Fresnel equations to transmission of light through multiple layers of planar media, I encountered an interesting feature...