Refraction for a transparent material

Adjust the angle of the light incident on the block by moving the slider. Observe how the refracted beam and refracted angle change.

Choose an incident angle and calculate the refracted angle using Snell's Law: n₁Sinθ₁ = n₂Sinθ₂. Measure the angles on the diagram. Do the measured angles match your calculations?

Simulation created Steven Sahyun, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater using code modified from Andrew Duffy's Friction on an incline simulator.

December 19, 2018. v. 1.0.181219

This item by Steven Sahyun is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.