The origin of a rainbow can be answered by almost everyone. We learn the physics behind a rainbow very early in our lives, but the phenomenon responsible for it does not linger in the minds of ...

The first law of refraction states that the incident rays, refracted rays, and the normal to the interface at the point of incidence, all lie in the same plane. The ratio of the sine of the angle of ...

Scientists have demonstrated that negative refraction can be achieved using atomic arrays -- without the need for artificially manufactured metamaterials. Scientists have long sought to control light ...

Light is the ultimate means of sending information to and from the interior structure of materials — it packages data in a signal of zero mass and unmatched speed. However, light is, in a sense, ...

To demonstrate a quick way of calculating the optical difference between two refractions using vector analysis, and to express this as a score for examination purposes. An existing formula is applied, ...