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    Project OSCAR: Total Internal Reflection

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    This document describes an educational project on total internal reflection and optical fibers. It includes: 1. An overview of the theory of total internal reflection, including how it occurs when light passes from an optically dense medium to a less dense one at an angle above the critical angle. 2. An interactive demonstration of total internal reflection that allows changing the refractive indices of two media and observing reflection vs. refraction based on incident angle. 3. A demonstration of an optical fiber and interactive component where the user can launch a light ray into the fiber to illustrate how total internal reflection guides light down the fiber.

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    This document describes an educational project on total internal reflection and optical fibers. It includes: 1. An overview of the theory of total internal reflection, including how it occurs when light passes from an optically dense medium to a less dense one at an angle above the critical angle. 2. An interactive demonstration of total internal reflection that allows changing the refractive indices of two media and observing reflection vs. refraction based on incident angle. 3. A demonstration of an optical fiber and interactive component where the user can launch a light ray into the fiber to illustrate how total internal reflection guides light down the fiber.

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    This document describes an educational project on total internal reflection and optical fibers. It includes: 1. An overview of the theory of total internal reflection, including how it occurs when light passes from an optically dense medium to a less dense one at an angle above the critical angle. 2. An interactive demonstration of total internal reflection that allows changing the refractive indices of two media and observing reflection vs. refraction based on incident angle. 3. A demonstration of an optical fiber and interactive component where the user can launch a light ray into the fiber to illustrate how total internal reflection guides light down the fiber.

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    Project OSCAR: Total Internal Reflection

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    This document describes an educational project on total internal reflection and optical fibers. It includes: 1. An overview of the theory of total internal reflection, including how it occurs when light passes from an optically dense medium to a less dense one at an angle above the critical angle. 2. An interactive demonstration of total internal reflection that allows changing the refractive indices of two media and observing reflection vs. refraction based on incident angle. 3. A demonstration of an optical fiber and interactive component where the user can launch a light ray into the fiber to illustrate how total internal reflection guides light down the fiber.

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    Project OSCAR

    Total Internal Reflection

    Developer : Semeena Kader
    CONTENTS

    ●
    Theory Of Total Internal Reflection
    ●
    Part 1: Total Internal Reflection Demo
    ●
    TIR:Interactive
    ●
    Part 2:Optical Fiber Demo
    ●
    Optical fiber:Interactive
    Theory Of Total Internal Reflection
    When light is incident upon a medium of lesser refractive index , the 
    ray will bent away from the normal , so the exit angle will be greater than 
    the incident angle. The exit angle will approach 90 degrees for a particular 
    angle of incidence , called Critical angle (q) . For incident angles which is 
    greater  than  critical  angle  ,  light  will  be  reflected  back  to  the  incident 
    medium itself . Such a phenomenon is called 'Total Internal Reflection.'

    The Critical angle can be calculated from the Snell' s law by setting 
    the refraction angle to 90 degrees.
    n1*Sin q = n2 *Sin 90
              1        
    q=Sin   n2/n1.
    Here n1 and n2 are the refractive indices of medium 1 and medium 2 
    respectively.
    Total  Internal  Reflection  takes  place  only  when  the  following  two 
    conditions are met.
    1.The light is incident to a less dense medium from a more dense medium.
    2.The angle of incidence is greater than the critical angle.
    Demonstration  ­ Total internal reflection
    MEDIUM1
    Incident angle
    Normal
    . . . . . . .

    Incident  Reflected 
    ray ray
    i

    r Refracted 
    ray

    MEDIUM2

    Select Medium1 Select Medium2
    Critical Angle(Ci) Incident Angle(i) Refracted Angle(r)
     TIR ­ Interactive
    The two  media  in  the demo  can be  changed  by  selection.    The 
    light  is  shown  as  entered  from  medium1  into  medium2  and  corresponding 
    incident ray and refracted ray is shown. When the incident angle is greater 
    than  critical  angle  ,  '  Total  Internal  Reflection  '  will  be  printed  on  the 
    window and the internally reflected ray will be shown.

    When we select the  media , corresponding critical angle will be 
    shown .
    when  the  refractive  index  of  medium1  is  less  than  that  of  medium2  ,  'No 
    total internal reflection, because n1<n2 ' will be printed.
    As  we  change  the  direction  of  incident  ray  by  dragging  the 
    incident  angle  slider  ,incident  angle  and  corresponding  refracted/reflected 
    angle will be shown in the window.
    Demonstration  ­ Optical fiber

    Cladding
    Acceptance
    cone

    Core
    light source 

    Usage: Drag the light source up or down and click on it.
     Optical fiber ­ Interactive

    The user can drag the light source up / down to change the angle 
    at which light ray enter into fiber optics. When user click on the light source 
    ,light  ray  slowly  hits  at  the  entrance  of  fiber  optics  ,  and  refracted  into  it. 
    After  that  it  undergoes  total  internal  reflection  continuosly  .  The  user  can 
    pause the movement of light ray.
    THE END

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