Consider a beam of 486-nm blue light within a slab of material. The beam is incident on the slab’s interface with air. What is the critical angle for total internal reflection if the slab is made of (a) ice (n = 1.31), (b) fluorite (n = 1.43), (c). diamond (n = 2.42)?

Consider a beam of 486-nm blue light within a slab of material. The beam is incident on the slab’s interface with air. What is the critical angle for total internal reflection if the slab is made of (a) ice (n = 1.31), (b) fluorite (n = 1.43), (c). diamond (n = 2.42)?

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Consider a beam of 486-nm blue light within a slab of material. The beam is incident on the slab’s interface with air. What is the critical angle for total internal reflection if the slab is made of
(a) ice (n = 1.31),
(b) fluorite (n = 1.43),
(c). diamond (n = 2.42)?

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