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Date 06/09/2010
Script S3_2_8.m
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%Two calcite prisms
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%Corrigenda
%In the last row of pag. 136
%change (no = 1.6584 and ne 1.4864) with
%(alfa1 = 40°, no = 1.6584 and ne = 1.4864)
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%refractive indices of calcite
%for lambda = 0.5893 micron
no=1.6584;
ne=1.4864;
%the angle alfa1 of the prism (see Fig. 3.25)
alfa1=40*pi/180;
%critical angles for rays incident on the surface AC
%in radians
alfa1oc=asin(1/no);
alfa1ec=asin(1/ne);
%in degrees
alfa1ocg=alfa1oc*180/pi
alfa1ecg=alfa1ec*180/pi
%angle of refraction on the surface AC
%of the extraordinary ray
alfa2=asin(ne*sin(alfa1));
alfa2g=alfa2*180/pi
%angle of refraction on surface A'C'
alfap2=asin((1/ne)*sin(alfa2));
alfap2g=alfap2*180/pi
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