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    Brewster's angle (also known as the polarization angle) is an angle of incidence at which light with a particular polarization is perfectly transmitted...
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    is what happens at the Brewster angle. Substituting cos θi for sin θt in Snell's law, we readily obtain for Brewster's angle. Although it is not encountered...
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    study of the polarization of light and including the discovery of Brewster's angle. He studied the birefringence of crystals under compression and discovered...
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    pile of plates at a steeper angle to the incident beam. Counterintuitively, using incident angles greater than Brewster's angle yields a higher degree of...
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  • Crocker & Brewster, publishing house in Boston, USA Brewster's angle, a physics concept Brewster (unit), a unit of measure named after David Brewster Edinburgh...
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    interface, as well as the critical angle for total internal reflection, their intensity (Fresnel equations) and Brewster's angle. The refractive index, n {\displaystyle...
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    of BAMs in biological applications. Brewster's angle Langmuir–Blodgett film Nanoparticle deposition "Brewster Angle Microscopy - Biolin Scientific". Biolin...
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    switches to 0° at Brewster's angle. Combining the complementarity with Snell's law yields‍ θi = arctan (1/n)‍ as Brewster's angle for dense-to-rare incidence...
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    the interface at Brewster's angle, the reflected light is completely linearly polarized parallel to the interface. Brewster's angle is given by θ B =...
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    amplifiers, Q-switching, optical heterodyne detection, the use of Brewster's angle windows for polarization control, and applications including manufacturing...
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    switches to 0° at Brewster's angle. Combining the complementarity with Snell's law yields‍ θi = arctan (1/n)‍ as Brewster's angle for dense-to-rare incidence...
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    non-metallic surface becomes polarized; this effect is maximum at Brewster's angle, about 56° from the vertical for common glass. A polarizer rotated...
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    speeds. The windows are set at Brewster's angle (air-to-glass interface) for the pump laser, and at Brewster's angle (liquid-to-glass interface) for...
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    with antireflection coatings, or with the ends cut and polished at Brewster's angle instead. This eliminates the reflections from the ends of the rod....
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    generally changed. Any light striking a surface at a special angle of incidence known as Brewster's angle, where the reflection coefficient for p-polarization...
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    law regarding scattering angles of radiation through a medium Bragg diffraction – Physical law regarding scattering angles of radiation through a mediumPages...
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    collimated light source, in which the Brewster window is replaced by a cone at Brewster's angle. Called a "Rotated Brewster Angle Polarizer," the latter was first...
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    or non-uniform electromagnetic plane wave incident at the complex Brewster's angle onto a planar or spherical boundary interface between two homogeneous...
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    caused by light reflected from non-metallic surfaces such as water (see Brewster's angle for how this works) as well as by polarized diffuse sky radiation (skylight)...
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  • the optical resonator is restricted by polarizing elements such as Brewster's angle windows. In these lasers, transverse modes with rectangular symmetry...
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  • Beer–Lambert law Binoculars Birefringence Black-body radiation Brewster's angle Brewster window Brightness temperature Brillouin scattering Camera Camera...
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  • arranged in such a way that an incident light beam which enters at the Brewster angle undergoes minimal deviation and hence maximum dispersion. Littrow (optical)...
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    rays hit the surface at around the Brewster angle; beyond the Brewster angle reflection losses increase greatly and angle of view is reduced. Most frequently...
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    p-polarized light is fully transmitted if radiation is impinged at the Brewster angle θ B {\displaystyle \theta _{B}} , which is a function of the semiconductor...
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    transmitted by the device. Because the angle of incidence at the gap can be reasonably close to Brewster's angle, unwanted reflection of p-polarized light...
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  • in the following articles: Fresnel equations, Mie scattering, and Brewster's angle. For Mie scattering, he is a coauthor on the Kerker effect, which was...
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    polarizing angle became known as Brewster's angle after its dependence on the refractive index was determined experimentally by David Brewster in 1815....
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  • angle, the reflected ray has the property of "plane polarization". The angle of incidence required for such a scenario is known as Brewster's angle....
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  • physical optics, laws are based on physical properties of materials. Brewster's angle Malus's law Beer–Lambert law In actuality, optical properties of matter...
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    ratio depending on the angle of incidence and the angle of refraction. In this way, physical optics recovers Brewster's angle. When light reflects from...
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