Refraction from a Submerged Light Source

A light beam is produced by a source submerged in an aqueous solution of refractive index n. This Demonstration shows how the light source appears for different beam directions, divergences, and indices of refraction. The same effect causes a stick obliquely submerged in water to appear bent.

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Contributed by: Bernard Vuilleumier

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