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The change of direction of propagation of any wave phenomenon which occurs when the wave velocity changes. The term is most frequently applied to...


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Figure 1.Physical basis for Snell's law.
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Figure 2.Behavior of ray traveling from medium of high refractive index to medium of low refractive index. (a) When ?1 ?c', ray is reflected.
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Figure 3.Path of light in medium having continuously varying index of refraction n=n(y).
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