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What is the principle of reversibility of light?

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The principle of reversibility of light states that light will follow exactly the same path if its direction of travel is reversed.

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Consider the light to be travelling in the opposite direction, from the glass block into air.

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By the principle of reversibility of light, the light makes the same angle, iAIR, with the normal in air as it did originally when travelling in the opposite direction.

Have a go!

In the top ray diagram, see how iGLASS increases as you increase the value of iAIR.

Now

sin iGLASS / sin iAIR= GLASSnAIR
= 1 / AIRnGLASS
= 1 / 1.50

Have a go!

Slowly increase the value of iGLASS and see how iAIR increases.

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