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    The Fresnel equations (or Fresnel coefficients) describe the reflection and transmission of light (or electromagnetic radiation in general) when incident...
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    The Huygens–Fresnel principle (named after Dutch physicist Christiaan Huygens and French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel) states that every point on a...
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    Fresnel diffraction Elliptical polarization Fresnel (unit of frequency) Fresnel–Arago laws Fresnel equations Fresnel imager Fresnel integral Fresnel lantern...
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    Maxwell's equations, or Maxwell–Heaviside equations, are a set of coupled partial differential equations that, together with the Lorentz force law, form...
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  • This is a list of equations, by Wikipedia page under appropriate bands of their field. The following equations are named after researchers who discovered...
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    In optics, the Fresnel diffraction equation for near-field diffraction is an approximation of the Kirchhoff–Fresnel diffraction that can be applied to...
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    Attenuated total reflectance Evanescent field Fiberscope Fresnel equations Fresnel lens Fresnel rhomb Goos–Hänchen effect Imbert–Fedorov effect Optical...
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    Defining equation (physical chemistry) Fresnel equations List of equations in classical mechanics List of equations in fluid mechanics List of equations in...
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    Specular reflection from a body of water is calculated by the Fresnel equations. Fresnel reflection is directional and therefore does not contribute significantly...
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    described by the Fresnel equations, and depends on the incoming light's polarization and angle of incidence. The Fresnel equations predict that light...
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    from the Fresnel equations. In classical electrodynamics, light is considered as an electromagnetic wave, which is described by Maxwell's equations. Light...
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    without the coating than a lower-index lens (a consequence of the Fresnel equations). It is also generally easier and cheaper to coat high index lenses...
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    A Fresnel rhomb is an optical prism that introduces a 90° phase difference between two perpendicular components of polarization, by means of two total...
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    the critical angle for total internal reflection, their intensity (Fresnel equations) and Brewster's angle. The refractive index, n {\displaystyle n} ...
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  • homogeneous scalar wave equation, to a spherical wave with some approximations. The Huygens–Fresnel principle is derived by the Fresnel–Kirchhoff diffraction...
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    light from a single interface between two media is described by the Fresnel equations. However, when there are multiple interfaces, such as in the figure...
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    Fresnel equations for working out the intensity of the resulting rays. Total internal reflection is indicated by a negative radicand in the equation for...
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  • limited by the index of refraction of the material according to the Fresnel equations). In some materials (such as metals, glasses, black or transparent...
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    which Fresnel combined with the principle of superposition of waves. The Kirchhoff diffraction equation, which is derived using Maxwell's equations, puts...
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    magneto-optic Kerr effect was discovered in 1877 by John Kerr. Faraday effect Fresnel equations John Kerr Thin-film optics Voigt Effect Zeeman Effect Shinagawa, K...
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  • aspects into consideration, like for example the Fresnel equations, microfacets, the rendering equation and subsurface scattering. Light that is reflected...
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  • Frequency modulation Fresnel diffraction Fresnel equations Fresnel integral Fresnel lens Fresnel number Fresnel rhomb Fresnel zone Fresnel–Arago laws Fundamental...
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    bottom surface and may once again be transmitted or reflected. The Fresnel equations provide a quantitative description of how much of the light will be...
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  • solving linear partial differential equations by separation of variables. From this observation, we obtain two equations, one for A(r), the other for T(t):...
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    represented by a lower-case r. These related concepts are covered by Fresnel equations in classical optics. Acousticians use reflection coefficients to understand...
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  • the second vector. Phong reflection model Blinn-Phong shading model Fresnel equations Schlick, C. (1994). "An Inexpensive BRDF Model for Physically-based...
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  • Thumbnail for Étienne-Louis Malus
    law was later explained theoretically by Augustin Fresnel, as a special case of his Fresnel equations. Malus is probably best remembered for Malus's law...
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    states are relative to the direction of a surface (usually found with Fresnel reflection), they are usually termed s and p. This distinction between...
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    light at low grazing angles is reflected rather than refracted (see Fresnel equations). Refraction is very sensitive to any irregularities in the flatness...
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    then pass a second half-silvered mirror and enter two detectors. The Fresnel equations for reflection and transmission of a wave at a dielectric imply that...
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