Light Reflection

Reflection is the change of direction of a wave front between two different materials such that the wave front returns into the material from which it started from. The law of reflection states that for a specular reflection the angle at which the wave is incident on the surface equals the angle at which it is reflected. Mirrors are an example of specular reflection. Reflection of light can be mirror like or diffused depending on the nature of the material interface.

The laws of reflection are as followed:

The incident ray, the reflected ray and the normal to the reflection surface at the point of the incidence lie in the same plane
The angle which the incident ray makes with the normal is equal to the angle which the reflected ray makes to the same normal
The reflected ray and the incident ray are on the opposite sides of the normal

The reflection equation which these three laws are derived from is:

X – 2(v,x)v = x – 2v(v^Hx)

BrainMass Categories within Light Reflection

Mirrors

Solutions: 62

A mirror is an object that reflects light in a way that preserves the original image.

Absorption

Solutions: 8

Absorption is the way in which energy of a photon is taken up by matter.

Fiber Optics

Solutions: 4

Fiber Optics are thin transparent fibers which reflect light.

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