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Comment by riperoni

Yeah thank you, that summary is better than the article.

The definition of refracitve index in the article is also just wrong, since it is simply not an angle. It can be calculated from incidence and refraction angles of the light beam - very different. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snell%27s_law

To add to your answer, the refractive index is not just wavelength dependent, but can also be depending on the polarization of light, leading to birefringence: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birefringence

parent riperoni 2 years ago

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