Casio fx-CG 50: Fresnel's Equations - Polarized Light
Introduction: Reflection and Transmission
The object of Fresnel's Equations is to calculate the reflection and transmissions of a light wave when it hits a change of medium. Where the change of medium occurs is known as of a plane of incidence. The equations calculate components: p-polarized light for light parallel to the plane of incidence, and s-polarized light for perpendicular to the plane of incidence.
The program presented also calculates Brewster's Angle, the angle required for light to hit the plane of incidence to have no reflection.
Simplified, the equations are:
Angle of Transmission per Snell's Law:
Θt = arcsin(n1 × sin Θi ÷ n2)
Reflection Coefficients:
r ∥ = tan(Θi - Θt) ÷ tan(Θi + Θt)
r ⟂ = -sin(Θi - Θt) ÷ sin(Θi + Θt)
Transmission Coefficients:
t ∥ = (2 × sin Θt × cos Θi) ÷ (sin(Θi + Θt) × cos(Θi - Θt))
t ⟂ = (2 × sin Θt × cos Θi) ÷ sin(Θi + Θt)
Brewster's Angle:
Θb = arctan(Θt ÷ Θi)
Casio fx-CG 50 Program: POLARIZE
(284 bytes)
Text file:
'ProgramMode:RUN
"2022-10-19 EWS"
Deg
"REFRACT INDEX 1"?->M
"_Theta_I"?->P
"REFRACT INDEX 2"?->N
"_Theta_T"
sin^-1 (M*sin P/N)->QDisps
"REFLECTION:"
"R_#E6D7_:"
tan (P-Q)/tan (P+Q)->RDisps
"R_#E6D5_:"
(-)sin (P-Q)/sin (P+Q)->TDisps
"TRANSMISSION:"
"T_#E6D7_:"
(2*sin Q*cos P)/(sin (P+Q)*cos (P-Q))->SDisps
"T_#E6D5_:"
(2*sin Q*cos P)/sin (P+Q)->UDisps
"BREWSTERS ANGLE:"
tan^-1 (N/M)->B
Program Code:
"2022-10-19 EWS"
Deg
"REFRACT INDEX 1"?→M
"ΘI"?→P
"REFRACT INDEX 2"?→N
"ΘT"
sin^-1 (M*sin P/N)→Q ◢
"REFLECTION:"
"R∥:"
tan (P-Q)/tan (P+Q)→R ◢
"R⟂:"
-sin (P-Q)/sin (P+Q)→T ◢
"TRANSMISSION:"
"T∥:"
(2*sin Q*cos P)/(sin (P+Q)*cos (P-Q))→S ◢
"T⟂:"
(2*sin Q*cos P)/sin (P+Q)→U ◢
"BREWSTERS ANGLE:"
tan^-1 (N/M)→B
The symbols ∥ and ⟂ are from the CHAR menu.
Examples
All angles are in degrees.
Example 1:
Inputs:
n1 = 1.00293
ΘI = 20
n2 = 1.52 (glass)
Results:
ΘT = 13.04242914
R∥ = 0.1876099408
R⟂ = -0.2221588123
T∥ = 0.7836116039
T⟂ = 0.7778411877
Brewster's Angle = 56.58227879
Example 2:
Inputs:
n1 = 1.000293 (air)
ΘI = 34
n2 = 1.333 (water)
Results:
ΘT = 24.81075448
R∥ = 0.09793113211
R⟂ = -0.1866780705
T∥ = 0.8238955934
T⟂ = 0.8133219295
Brewster's Angle = 53.11516797
Sources
"Brewster's Angle". Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster%27s_angle Retrieved October 18, 2022
"Fresnel's Equations: Reflection and Transmission" HyperPhysics. http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/phyopt/freseq.html Retrieved October 16, 2022
Until next time,
Eddie
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