Understanding Light Refraction Through Different Mediums

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Aren't there oscillations in the inside of the http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/huygenspr.htm" Do you know somebody what actually happens? Why there is time delay, isn't any oscillations inside of the material??
 
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