WOLFRAM|DEMONSTRATIONS PROJECT

Refraction from a Submerged Light Source

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beam direction
beam divergence
index of refraction
1.33
A light beam is produced by a source submerged in an aqueous solution of refractive index
n
. This Demonstration shows how the light source appears for different beam directions, divergences, and indices of refraction. The same effect causes a stick obliquely submerged in water to appear bent.