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Includes radio waves, x-rays, and microwaves.
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Total internal reflection
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Photon
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Electromagnetic Spectrum
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Polarizer
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Critical angle
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Laser
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Fiber Optics
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Index of Refraction
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Dispersion
Is the principle used by fiber optics.
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Total internal reflection
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Photon
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Electromagnetic Spectrum
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Polarizer
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Critical angle
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Laser
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Fiber Optics
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Index of Refraction
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Dispersion
Two of these at right angles can cancel out light.
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Total internal reflection
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Photon
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Electromagnetic Spectrum
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Polarizer
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Critical angle
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Laser
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Fiber Optics
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Index of Refraction
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Dispersion
If this number is bigger, the light refracts more.
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Total internal reflection
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Photon
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Electromagnetic Spectrum
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Polarizer
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Critical angle
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Laser
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Fiber Optics
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Index of Refraction
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Dispersion
A single packet or particle of light.
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Total internal reflection
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Photon
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Electromagnetic Spectrum
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Polarizer
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Critical angle
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Laser
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Fiber Optics
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Index of Refraction
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Dispersion
Angle at which light refracts at 90º to the surface.
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Total internal reflection
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Photon
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Electromagnetic Spectrum
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Polarizer
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Critical angle
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Laser
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Fiber Optics
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Index of Refraction
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Dispersion
When white light separates into its different colors.
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Total internal reflection
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Photon
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Electromagnetic Spectrum
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Polarizer
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Critical angle
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Laser
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Fiber Optics
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Index of Refraction
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Dispersion
A light source that has only one wavelength of light.
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Total internal reflection
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Photon
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Electromagnetic Spectrum
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Polarizer
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Critical angle
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Laser
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Fiber Optics
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Index of Refraction
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Dispersion
Given off when the excited electrons in the atom fall to a lower orbit.
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Total internal reflection
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Photon
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Electromagnetic Spectrum
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Polarizer
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Critical angle
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Laser
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Fiber Optics
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Index of Refraction
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Dispersion
A tube that can guide light, even around corners.
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Total internal reflection
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Photon
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Electromagnetic Spectrum
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Polarizer
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Critical angle
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Laser
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Fiber Optics
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Index of Refraction
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Dispersion
Beyond this light reflects instead of reflects.
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Total internal reflection
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Photon
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Electromagnetic Spectrum
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Polarizer
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Critical angle
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Laser
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Fiber Optics
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Index of Refraction
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Dispersion
Will not spread out when passed thru a prism.
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Total internal reflection
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Photon
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Electromagnetic Spectrum
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Polarizer
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Critical angle
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Laser
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Fiber Optics
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Index of Refraction
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Dispersion
All light, both visible and invisible.
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Total internal reflection
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Photon
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Electromagnetic Spectrum
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Polarizer
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Critical angle
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Laser
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Fiber Optics
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Index of Refraction
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Dispersion
If the incoming ray is within this amount, the light will refract thru the surface.
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Total internal reflection
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Photon
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Electromagnetic Spectrum
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Polarizer
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Critical angle
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Laser
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Fiber Optics
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Index of Refraction
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Dispersion
When light becomes trapped inside a substance.
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Total internal reflection
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Photon
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Electromagnetic Spectrum
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Polarizer
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Critical angle
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Laser
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Fiber Optics
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Index of Refraction
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Dispersion
After passing thru one of these all of the light is in one direction.
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Total internal reflection
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Photon
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Electromagnetic Spectrum
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Polarizer
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Critical angle
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Laser
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Fiber Optics
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Index of Refraction
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Dispersion
Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.
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Total internal reflection
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Photon
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Electromagnetic Spectrum
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Polarizer
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Critical angle
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Laser
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Fiber Optics
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Index of Refraction
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Dispersion
A number that tells you how slow light moves in a substance.
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Total internal reflection
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Photon
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Electromagnetic Spectrum
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Polarizer
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Critical angle
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Laser
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Fiber Optics
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Index of Refraction
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Dispersion
What happens to white light when it passes thru a prism.
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Total internal reflection
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Photon
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Electromagnetic Spectrum
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Polarizer
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Critical angle
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Laser
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Fiber Optics
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Index of Refraction
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Dispersion
Works by total internal reflection.
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Total internal reflection
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Photon
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Electromagnetic Spectrum
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Polarizer
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Critical angle
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Laser
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Fiber Optics
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Index of Refraction
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Dispersion
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