Reflections on Reflection

If photons bounce off the front surface of glass, then all one can do is to draw in a normal and predict that the angle of reflection is equal to the angle of incidence. If Richard Feynman was correct in Q.E.D. that photons do not bounce off the front surface like little rubber balls, but enter into the glass and are absorbed, then more than one normal need be considered. One normal is needed for the absorption event and one normal each is needed for the entry and for the exit. Then one can predict the probability for reflection based on the distance from the absorption event back to the surface as the path of least time related to the distance of penetration, and the angle of reflection is equal to the angle of incidence because x1=x2. These distances may be in nanometers. The shorter the distance a-c ( the ratio of a-c to a-b ) the greater the probability the photon will reflect. The probability of reflection increases with higher R.I., higher energy of the photon, and increasing angle of incidence. The greater the length of a-c, the greater the probability of refraction. A certain ratio of a-c to a-b may determine the critical angle