Description
We are most familiar with the reflection of light waves – when looking at ourselves in the mirror, for example – but all types of waves can be reflected when they arrive at a boundary between one material and another. Total internal reflection, meanwhile, can occur when light is travelling towards a medium (material) in which it travels more quickly, and is what allows endoscopes, and fibre-optic cables to work.
Key Words
angle of incidence, angle of reflection, absorb, transmit, reflect, ray diagram, absorption, transmission, boundary, interface, wave, critical angle, normal, total internal reflection, surface, endoscope, reflection, fibre-optic, reflected, law of reflection
