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What fraction of light is reflected from the air water interface? i.e. How intense is your reflection from a lake?
since the reflection coefficient is [tex] R = (\frac{n_{2} - n_{1}}{n_{1} + n_{2}})^2 [/tex]
n1 = 1 and n2 = 1.33 so R = 0.248. I am not sure how to interprete this?
25% of the light reflects?? is that the appropriate answer?
since the reflection coefficient is [tex] R = (\frac{n_{2} - n_{1}}{n_{1} + n_{2}})^2 [/tex]
n1 = 1 and n2 = 1.33 so R = 0.248. I am not sure how to interprete this?
25% of the light reflects?? is that the appropriate answer?
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