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Date 08/09/2010
Script S3_2_6.m
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%A calcite prism
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%refractive indices of calcite
%for lambda = 0.5893 micron
no=1.6584;
ne=1.4864;
%critical angles for ordinary ray
alfaco=asin(1/no)*180/pi
%and for extraordinary ray
alface=asin(1/ne)*180/pi
%
%angles of refraction on the surface BC
%for both rays with the given angle of incidence
alfa1=39*pi/180;
argo=no*sin(alfa1)
arge=ne*sin(alfa1)
alfa2o=(180/pi)*asin(argo)
alfa2e=(180/pi)*asin(arge)
%ordinary ray is fully reflected
%its angle of refraction becomes complex
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%Corrigenda
%change (pag.133) in third row of Sec. 3.2.6
%(no=1.6584 and ne 1.4864) with
%(no = 1.6584 and ne = 1.4864)
%
%the right value of alfa2e (pag. 134)
%is not 68.4° but 69.3°
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