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Doria Lizeth Quintero
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 4
Activity 1 questions using academic references to support the research ...................................... 5
Jhon Edizon Cruz ......................................................................................................................... 5
Pablo Andres Martinez ................................................................................................................ 8
Marco Nelson Catolico Angarita ............................................................................................... 10
Esteban Rodriguez ..................................................................................................................... 12
Estudiante ................................................................................................................................. 13
Activity 2 Problems ....................................................................................................................... 15
Exercise 1: xxxx .......................................................................................................................... 15
Exercise 2: Jhon Edizon Cruz.................................................................................................... 15
Exercise 3: Esteban Rodriguez .................................................................................................. 18
Exercise 4: Pablo Andres Martinez ............................................................................................ 18
Exercise 5: xxxxxxx..................................................................................................................... 20
Collaborate Item............................................................................................................................ 21
Pablo Andres Martinez .............................................................................................................. 21
................................................................................................................................................... 21
Jhon Edizon Cruz ....................................................................................................................... 22
Conclusions ....................................................................................................................................... 23
References......................................................................................................................................... 24
INTRODUCTION
First of all, we can define these concepts, Reflection as a movement that involves a change in
direction of waves when they bounce off a barrier and, the Refraction of waves, when involves a
change in the direction of waves as they pass from one medium to another.
Refraction, or the bending of the path of the waves, is accompanied by a change in speed and
wavelength of the waves.
Advantages
Now we know the concepts, now we can add a technical aspect that is the main idea how the
refraction works in the optical fiber and is the critical angle.
Depending the index refraction and its critical angle we can get a great light and speed
conductor, these stuffs are get into the optical fiber, this material is made by very pure glass
(silica). In the fiber, the core must have a refractive index (n1) greater than the refractive
index (n2) of the coating. When this occurs, the light is reflected in such a way that it is not
able to cross the surface between both means completely reflecting, without refraction.
Thanks to the refraction and reflection, we can see the objects that exist around us.
Depending on the wave length we can see its shadows and its colors but this aspect refers
more to the diffraction phenomenon.
Using the AM radio waves and the diffraction phenomenon we can get a much better signal
than the FM waves because of wave length is shorter so can round the elements. But not
only using the diffraction and a short wave length we can get a better signal, we can get much
more details on the small stuffs, this is the main idea from the electronic microscopic. This
microscopic uses the electron beams to light the objects in a very small scale.
Disadvantages
Depending how is the temperature, the waves are going to change on their speed, so if a
wave that is created and the temperature from the ground is colder than in the air, the sound
could be heard furthermore and its speed is slower but in the opposite if the ground is hotter
than in the air, the refraction from the wave is going upstairs
Depending on the material surface and the wave length we can get a great reflation or a
diffuse reflation. These characteristics are important to make the antennas. Using a short
light wave length in a satellite, the surface is going to be so much diffuse but instead using a
radio wave long length signal the surface is going to be like a mirror and could be consider
an excellent reflector.
The Snell´s law is a relationship between the path taken by a ray of light in crossing the boundary or
surface of separation between two contacting substances and the refractive index of each.
The law was discovered in 1621 by the Dutch astronomer and mathematician Willebrord Snell (also
called Snellius). The account of Snell’s law went unpublished until its mention by Christiaan Huygens
in his treatise on light.
n1 and n2 represent the indices of refraction for the two media, and
𝜃1 and 𝜃2 are the angles of incidence and refraction that the ray P
makes with the normal (perpendicular) line OQ at the boundary
𝑛1 𝑆𝑒𝑛𝜃1
=
𝑛2 𝑆𝑒𝑛𝜃2
Total reflection is a process that occurs when Snell's law for refraction can no longer be
solved for real angles. To understand this topic first we need to get an idea from what it is a
Critical angle. This angle is gotten when a ray of light reaches to the limit of refraction known
as 90 degrees.
When the rays have angles higher than 90 degrees the light never pass to the other medium
instead reflex internally.
This phenomenon only occurs when the incident light comes from a higher density
Using the Snell´s Law we can get that
𝑛1 𝑆𝑒𝑛 𝜃𝑐 = 𝑛2 𝑆𝑒𝑛 𝜃2
And 𝜃2 = 90 and Sen 90 = 1 Simplifying
𝑛2
𝑆𝑒𝑛 𝜃𝑐 =
𝑛1
4. How is the total refraction of an electromagnetic wave achieved by colliding with a different
means of propagation?
The refraction is a phenomenon in which the ray of light pass through from one medium to another.
The refraction never occurs when the angle is 90 degrees.
When The refraction occurs the speed change. The more the refractions index the less the speed in
that medium, this is known as optical density material.
Polarization is a property of certain electromagnetic radiations in which the direction and magnitude
of the vibrating electric field are related in a specified way.
A beam of unpolarized light consists of waves moving in the same direction with their electric vectors
pointed in random orientations about the axis of propagation. Plane polarized light consists of waves
in which the direction of vibration is the same for all waves. In circular polarization the electric vector
rotates about the direction of propagation as the wave progresses. Light may be polarized by
reflection or by passing it through filters, such as certain crystals, that transmit vibration in one plane
but not in others.
Pablo Andres Martinez
Advantages:
One of the major uses of reflection in telecommunications is the use of optical fiber
since a flexible cable of transparent material that has a refractive index such that said
index is greater than the refractive index of the material that covers it. In this way,
when a pulse of light is introduced with a certain angle of entry into the fiber, it is
confined in its interior reaching the end with little loss of intensity, since all the
reflections that are produced meet the condition of reflection total. Thus, the
possible angles of light input to the fiber define an acceptance cone within which the
rays must be intended to meet the condition of total reflection inside the fiber.
Another advantage is the use of transmissions in the ionosphere for the refraction of
radio waves through which signals are propagated throughout the world.
Theories of reflection and refraction have wide applications both in everyday
objects, such as mirrors or glasses, and in scientific fields, such as crystallography
and microscopy.
Disadvantages:
The refraction in the media depending on how dense the surface is, its line will
bend towards a line drawn normal to the boundary surface.
in the transmission it is necessary that the frequency remains constant so that the
value of the wavelength does not change
Snell's law is an equation in physics that helps describe the angles at which light
enters different materials or media.
3. How is the total reflection of an electromagnetic wave achieved by colliding with a different
medium of propagation?
When a ray of light passes from one medium to another less refractive, that is,
from a medium of higher refractive index to one with a lower refractive index, the
phenomenon of total reflection occurs.
𝑛2
𝑠𝑒𝑛𝜃𝑐 =
𝑛1
𝑛2
𝜃𝑐 = 𝑠𝑒𝑛−1
𝑛1
4. How is the total refraction of an electromagnetic wave achieved by colliding with a different
means of propagation?
The total refraction occurs when the velocity of propagation of the first medium is
greater than that of the medium to which it strikes, although for this it is necessary
to see the refractive index that the material possesses to which the wave strikes.
In the process of propagation of electromagnetic waves intervenes not only in the medium but
also in the conditions of the same, the way in which the temperature can be altered from the
constant of the speed of the waves, to the direction of propagation of these. Two factors of high
relation with reflection and refraction. In the first plane, the wave has undergone a change in its
trajectory, returning to the original medium; in the second case, the wave modifies the speed
when making a change in the middle of the propagation, which also generates a change in its
trajectory or direction.
As advantages we have:
Use in telecommunications in the form of radio waves. Currently, they are the basis for
transmitting signals that allow for example that they carry information of different kinds such
as data, audio and video.
In fields such as medicine and research, they are often used in X-ray mode; by means of which
it is necessary to be able to "see" for example the state of a bone fracture in people
A growing number of electronic devices have wireless connectivity using electromagnetic
wave transmission in the form of infrared rays, allowing connectivity with household
appliances, for example.
Perhaps the factor considered to be the most disadvantageous is the impact that some wave
propagation frequencies have on the health of people; Gama rays for example.
It is also considered a disadvantage, the alteration that these suffer due to sudden changes
in the environment, such as atmospheric pressure or the presence of heavy rains.
Snell's Law consists of a formula that allows explaining through a mathematical model, the
change of direction that a light beam experiences when passing from a medium such as air to a
medium such as water. Describe or calculate the relationship between the indices of refraction
that each medium possesses.
The refractive index 𝒏 is obtained by dividing the value of the speed of light in vacuum 𝒄, by the
speed of light in another medium 𝒗:
𝒄
𝒏=
𝒗
Snell's formula tells us that the relationship between the angle of entry with respect to the
normal and the refractive index of each medium, will make it possible to know the angle and
direction of the ray in the medium that it will be refracted eventually.
𝒏𝟏 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽𝟐
= ↔ 𝒏𝟏 ∙ 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽𝟏 = 𝒏𝟐 ∙ 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽𝟐
𝒏𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽𝟏
The phenomenon of total reflection occurs when the ray of light is transmitted to a medium our
refractive index is lower in the medium by which it is said that the "bounce" ray and always
maintain its trajectory in the medium that index higher of refraction. Its mathematical
representation is determined by:
𝒏𝟐
𝜽𝒄 = 𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒔𝒊𝒏 ↔ 𝒏𝟏 ∙ 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝜽𝟏 = 𝒏𝟐 ∙ 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝜽𝟐
𝒏𝟏
The light rays are photons, therefore in the optical corpuscular theory can be considered a total
reflection effect and with zero loss of light power
The refraction process occurs when an electromagnetic wave that travels at a determined speed
in a medium collides with a medium whose optical density is different from the first; which
generates alteration in both the velocity and the direction of propagation of the wave. In any
case, the refraction of the wave will depend on the refractive index of the medium through which
it propagates and the same principle is applied to the medium on which the wave is refracted.
Esteban Rodriguez
Advantages:
• the use of optical fiber, for its flexibility of transparent material has a refractive index that is
greater than the index that covers it, this being so When it is exposed to a certain pulse of light with
an angle of entry into the fiber, it is confined in its interior reaching the end with little loss of intensity.
• the use of transmissions in the ionosphere for refraction, in which they propagate signs all
over the world
• Theories of reflection and refraction have wide applications both in everyday objects, such
as mirrors or glasses, and in scientific fields, such as crystallography and microscopy.
Disadvantages:
is a formula used to calculate the refractive angle of light when crossing the separation surface
between two means of propagation of light (or any electromagnetic wave) with a different refractive
index.
3. How is the total reflection of an electromagnetic wave achieved by colliding with a different
medium of propagation?
When a ray of light moves from one medium of propogation to another with less refraction, this is
called total reflection
𝑛2
𝑠𝑒𝑛𝜃𝑐 =
𝑛1
𝑛2
𝜃𝑐 = 𝑠𝑒𝑛−1
𝑛1
4. How is the total refraction of an electromagnetic wave achieved by colliding with a different
means of propagation?
The total refraction is generated when the propagation of the first medium has one is greater than
that of the medium that hits it.
This phenomenon is presented in waves as light, by means of which the electric field moves in a single
plane that they call polarization, the plane can be defined by two vectors, one parallel to the direction
of propagation and the other perpendicular.
Estudiante
Activity 2 Problems
Choose one of the following problems, solve it and share the solution in the forum. Perform
a critical analysis on the group members’ contributions and reply this in the forum
Exercise 1: xxxx
In the following figure 𝑛1 = 1.9, 𝑛2 = 1.4, and 𝑛3 = 1.1, light refracts from material 1 into
material 2. If it is incident at point A at the critical angle for the interface between materials 2 and
3, what are:
First we need to find the critical angle at point “A” because the light makes a total internal reflation
because of n2 is higher than n3 and so
Using the nell´s law and a new graphic with the normal at that point
𝑛2 𝑆𝑒𝑛𝜔 = 𝑛3 𝑆𝑒𝑛 90
𝑛3
𝑆𝑒𝑛𝜔 =
𝑛2
1,1
𝑆𝑒𝑛𝜔 =
1,4
𝜔 = 51,780
𝜔 + 𝛽 = 90
𝛽 = 90 − 𝜔
𝛽 = 90 − 51,78
𝛽 = 38,220
Appling the Geometric, we can say that opposite angles by vertex are equal, so
𝛽 = 𝛽𝑟
𝜔 = 𝜔𝑟
So the incident angle at point B with the new Normal is 𝛽𝑟 and applying snell´s law when the ray
diffract because n3 is lower than n2
𝑛3 𝑆𝑒𝑛𝛾 = 𝑛2 𝑆𝑒𝑛 𝛽𝑟
𝑛1 𝑆𝑒𝑛∅ = 𝑛2 𝑆𝑒𝑛𝜔𝑟
𝑛2 𝑆𝑒𝑛𝜔𝑟
𝑆𝑒𝑛∅ =
𝑛1
1,4 𝑆𝑒𝑛 51,78
𝑆𝑒𝑛∅ =
1,9
∅ = 35,37𝑜
If, instead, light is incident at B at the critical angle for the interface between materials 2 and 3, what
are
𝑛3
𝑆𝑒𝑛𝜃𝑐 =
𝑛2
1.1
𝑆𝑒𝑛𝜃𝑐 =
1.4
𝜃𝑐 = 51,78𝑜
Using this critical angle and the diagram in the geometric we can determinate the new Incident ray
that will reflect into point A and at the same time the first ray was on the n2
𝐼𝑐 = 𝜃𝑐 + 𝜃2 = 90
𝐼𝑐 = 𝜃2 = 90 − 𝜃𝑐
𝜃2 = 90 − 51,78
𝐼𝑐 = 𝜃2 = 38,22
𝑛1 𝑆𝑒𝑛∅ = 𝑛2 𝑆𝑒𝑛𝜃2
𝑛2 𝑆𝑒𝑛𝜃2
𝑆𝑒𝑛∅ =
𝑛1
1,4 𝑆𝑒𝑛 38,22
𝑆𝑒𝑛∅ =
1,9
𝜃 = 27,12𝑜
A laser that is inside a tank of water, shoots a ray of light upwards. If the laser is located
h1=20cm under water. At what minimum horizontal distance d1 from the laser pointer
should you shoot so that the beam does not leave the water?
𝑛1 1
𝑆𝑒𝑛(𝜃𝑐 ) = = = 0.666
𝑛2 1.5
𝜃𝑐 = 𝑆𝑒𝑛−1 (0.666) = 41.8°
𝑑1
= 𝑇𝑎𝑛𝜃1
ℎ1
𝑑1 = ℎ1 . 𝑇𝑎𝑛𝜃1 = 20𝑐𝑚 × 𝑇𝑎𝑛(41.8°) = 17.9 𝐶𝑚
Input data:
N1= 1
N2= 1.33
𝜃 = 60°
As N2> N1, we know that the beam bends towards normality.
2.5𝑀
tan 22° =
𝑑1
𝑑1 = 6.18 𝑀
With the obtained data we say that:
𝐷 = 𝑑1 + 𝑑2
𝐷 = 0.28𝑀 + 6.18𝑀
𝐷 = 6.46 𝑀
Exercise 5: xxxxxxx
Collaborate Item
Pablo_Snell
Law.xlsx
Jhon Edizon Cruz
Jhon_Snell Law.xlsx
CONCLUSIONS
Through this activity we can show the different types of electromagnetic waves
we can also tell you that waves vary according to the medium in which they are
propagated
The length of a wave is inversely proportional to its frequency and this translates into
a transmission medium.
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