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Date 06/09/2010
Script S1_2_8.m
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%Prism 3
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%the refractive index of the prism
n=1.5;
%the angle of equilateral triangle in radians
alfa=60*pi/180;
%the angle of incidence in radians
beta=(pi/180)*30;
%from refraction law
arg1=sin(beta)/n;
%the angle of refraction in radians
betap=asin(arg1);
%the angle of refraction in degrees
betap_g=betap*180/pi
%the angle of the incidence on the right surface in radians
gammap=alfa-betap;
%and in degrees
gammap_g=gammap*180/pi
%from refraction law
arg2=n*sin(gammap);
gamma=asin(arg2);
%the angle of the ray emerging from the right surface in degrees
gamma_g=gamma*180/pi
%the deviation angle eps_g between the incident and emerging ray
diff1=beta-betap;
diff2=gamma-gammap;
epsil=diff1+diff2;
eps_g=epsil*180/pi
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