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How does refraction affect the direction of a wave?
Figure 2: Relationships between refractive indices and dispersive powers of several representative optical glasses and plastics. (A) Al0.3Ga0.7As-GaAs double heterostructure laser. (B) Energy-band diagram at forward bias. (C) Refractive-index profile. (D) Optical-field distribution. refraction of light by a prism
How does optical density affect light refraction?
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Also Known As index of refraction • refractive constant • mutual refractive index

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Figure 2: Relationships between refractive indices and dispersive powers of several representative optical glasses and plastics.
(A) Al0.3Ga0.7As-GaAs double heterostructure laser. (B) Energy-band diagram at forward bias. (C) Refractive-index profile. (D) Optical-field distribution.
refraction of light by a prism
How does refraction affect the direction of a wave?
How does optical density affect light refraction?
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