total-internal-reflection surface

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• Total internal reflection — The larger the angle to the normal, the smaller is the fraction of light transmitted, until the angle when total internal reflection (blue line) occurs. (The color of the rays is to help distinguish the rays, and is not meant to indicate any… …   Wikipedia

• total internal reflection — Optics. See total reflection. * * * Complete reflection of a ray of light in a medium such as water or glass, from the surrounding surfaces back into the medium. It occurs when the angle of incidence is greater than a certain limiting angle,… …   Universalium

• Total internal reflection fluorescence microscope — (TIRFM) diagram 1. Specimen 2. Evanescent wave range 3. Cover slip 4. Immersion oil 5. Objective 6. Emission beam (signal) 7. Excitation beam ] 1. Objective 2. Emission beam (signal) 3. Immersion oil 4. Cover slip 5. Specimen 6. Evanescent wave… …   Wikipedia

• total internal reflection — noun the total reflection of a light ray which occurs when light from one medium strikes the surface of a medium of lower refractive index or optical density in excess of the critical angle …  

• Total external reflection — is an optical phenomenon where electromagnetic radiation (e.g. visible light) can, at certain angles, be totally reflected from an interface between two media of different indices of refraction (see Snell s law). Total internal reflection occurs… …   Wikipedia

• Reflection (physics) — Reflection is the change in direction of a wave front at an between two different media so that the wave front returns into the medium from which it originated. Common examples include the reflection of light, sound and water waves. Law of… …   Wikipedia

• Surface second harmonic generation — is a method for probing interfaces in atomic and molecular systems. In second harmonic generation (SHG), the light frequency is doubled, essentially converting two photons of the original beam of energy E into a single photon of energy 2 E as it… …   Wikipedia

• reflection — reflectional, adj. reflectionless, adj. /ri flek sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of reflecting or the state of being reflected. 2. an image; representation; counterpart. 3. a fixing of the thoughts on something; careful consideration. 4. a thought… …   Universalium

• internal — internality, internalness, n. internally, adv. /in terr nl/, adj. 1. situated or existing in the interior of something; interior. 2. of, pertaining to, or noting the inside or inner part. 3. Pharm. oral (def. 4). 4. existing, occurring, or found… …   Universalium

• surface plasmon resonance — Alteration in light reflectance as a result of binding of molecules to a surface from which total internal reflection is occurring. Used in the Biacore (Pharmacia Trademark) machine that detects the binding of ligand to surface immobilised… …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• Specular reflection — is the perfect, mirror like reflection of light (or sometimes other kinds of wave) from a surface, in which light from a single incoming direction (a ray) is reflected into a single outgoing direction. Such behavior is described by the law of… …   Wikipedia