When light reflects from a medium of lower index of reflection to a medium of higher index of refraction, why does the light undergo a phase shift?
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Phase shift of 180 degrees of transversal wave on reflection from denser medium
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Why does light change direction when it travels through glass?
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Does light loses its energy when it passes through denser medium?
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What is the actual mechanism behind the reflection of various colored light by material of different color?
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Are two waves out of phase only when the phase difference is $\pi$?
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Are infinite reflections between two mirrors really infinite?
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What exactly is the "coherence" between waves?
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Why do waves diffract?
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Does a reflection still transfer momentum to an mirror?
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What happens to waves when they hit smaller apertures than their wavelenghts?
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Why does the 'b' in absorb change to a 'p' in absorption?
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How does light oscillate?
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Physics of Focusing a Laser
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Where does the photon orbital angular momentum go in light-matter interactions?
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Why is angle of incidence equal to angle of reflection?
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Why shift in fringe is expected in Michelson Morley Experiment?
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How can the refractive index be below 1 in a dielectric?