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Lesson 3: Total Internal Reflection
Total Internal Reflection
An unusual observation - a discrepant event - was observed in a recent lab - the Index of Refraction lab. The refraction of light through a glass block in the shape of an isosceles triangle was investigated (at least, so we thought). In the lab, a ray of light entered the face of the triangular block at a right angle to the boundary. This ray of light passed across the boundary without refraction since it was incident along the normal (recall the Secret of the Archer Fish). The ray of light then traveled in a straight line through the glass until it reached the second boundary. Only instead of transmitting across this boundary, the entirety of the light seemed to reflect off the boundary and transmit out the opposite face of the isosceles triangle. This discrepant event bothered many as they spent several minutes looking for the light to refract through the second boundary. Then finally, to their amazement, they looked through the third face of the block and could clearly see the ray. What happened? Why did light not refract through the second face?

The phenomenon observed in this part of the lab is known as total internal reflection. Total internal reflection, or TIR as it is intimately called, is the reflection of the total amount of incident light at the boundary between two medium. TIR is the topic of focus of Lesson 3.

To understand total internal reflection, we will begin with a thought experiment. Suppose that a laser beam is submerged in a tank of water (don't do this at home) and pointed upwards towards water-air boundary. Then suppose that the angle at which the beam is directed upwards is slowly altered, beginning with small angles of incidence and proceeding towards larger and larger angles of incidence. What would be observed in such an experiment? If we understand the principles of boundary behavior, we would expect that we would observe both reflection and refraction. And indeed, that is what is observed (mostly). But that's not the only observation which we could make. We would also observe that the intensity of the reflected and refracted rays do not remain constant. At angle of incidence close to 0 degrees, most of the light energy is transmitted across the boundary and very little of it is reflected. As the angle is increased to greater and greater angles, we would begin to observe less refraction and more reflection. That is, as the angle of incidence is increased, the brightness of the refracted ray decreases and the brightness of the reflected ray increases. Finally, we would observe that the angles of the reflection and refraction are not equal. Since the light waves would refract away from the normal (a case of the SFA principle of refraction), the angle of refraction would be greater than the angle of incidence. And if this is the case, the angle of refraction would also be greater than the angle of reflection (since the angles of reflection and incidence are the same). As the angle of incidence is increased, the angle of refraction would eventually reach a 90-degree angle. These principles are depicted in the diagram below.

The maximum possible angle of refraction is 90-degrees. If you think about it (a practice which always helps), you recognize that if the angle of refraction were greater than 90 degrees, then the refracted ray would lie on the incident side of the medium - that's just not possible. So in the case of the laser beam in the water, there is some specific value for the angle of incidence (we'll call it the "critical angle") which yields an angle of refraction of 90-degrees. This particular value for the angle of incidence could be calculated using Snell's Law (ni=1.33, nr=1.000, =90 degrees, = ???) and would be found to be 48.6 degrees. Any angle of incidence which is greater than 48.6 degrees would not result in any refraction. Instead, when the angles of incidence is greater than 48.6 degrees (the critical angle), all of the energy (the total energy) carried by the incident wave to the boundary stays within the water (internal to the original medium) and undergoes reflection off the boundary. When this happens, total internal reflection occurs.

Total internal reflection (TIR) is the phenomenon which involves the reflection of all the incident light off the boundary. TIR only takes place when both of the following two conditions are met:

the light is in the more dense medium and approaching the less dense medium.
the angle of incidence is greater than the so-called critical angle.
Total internal reflection will not take place unless the incident light is traveling within the more optically dense medium towards the less optically dense medium. TIR will happen for light traveling from water towards air, but it will not happen for light traveling from air towards water. TIR would happen for light traveling from water towards air, but it will not happen for light traveling from water (n=1.333) towards crown glass (n=1.52). TIR occurs because the angle of refraction reaches a 90-degree angle before the angle of reflection reaches a 90-degree angle. The only way for the angle of refraction to be greater than the angle of reflection, is for light to bend away from the normal. Since light only bends away from the normal when passing from a more dense medium into a less dense medium, then this would be a necessary condition for total internal reflection.

Total internal reflection only occurs with large angles of incidence. Question: How large is large? Answer: larger than the critical angle. As mentioned above, the critical angle for the water-air boundary is 48.6 degrees. So for angles of incidence greater than 48.6-degrees, TIR occurs. But 48.6 degrees is the critical angle only for the water-air boundary. The actual value of the critical angle is dependent upon the two materials on either side of the boundary. For the crown glass-air boundary, the critical angle is 41.1 degrees. For the diamond-air boundary, the critical angle is 24.4 degrees. For the diamond-water boundary, the critical angle is 33.4 degrees. The critical angle is different for different media. In the next part of Lesson 3, we will investigate how to determine the critical angle for any two materials. For now, let's internalize the idea that TIR can only occur if the angle of incidence is greater than the critical angle for the particular combination of materials.

Total internal reflection was demonstrated in class through a variety of demonstrations. In one such demonstration, a beam of laser light was directed into a coiled plastic thing-a-majig. The plastic served as a "light pipe," directing the light through the coils until it finally exited out the opposite end. Once the light entered the plastic, it was in the more dense medium. Every time the light approached the plastic-air boundary, it was approaching at angles greater than the critical angle. The two conditions necessary for TIR were met, and all of the incident light at the plastic-air boundary stayed internal to the plastic and underwent reflection. And with the room lights off, every student becomes quickly aware that once more physics is better than drugs.

This demonstration illustrates the principles by which optical fibers work. The use of a long strand of plastic (or other material such as glass) to pipe light from one end of the medium to the other is the basis for modern day use of optical fibers. Optical fibers are are used in communication systems and micro-surgeries. Since total internal reflection takes place within the fibers, no incident energy is ever lost due to the transmission of light across the boundary. The intensity of the signal remains constant.

Another demonstration performed in class involved the use of a large jug filled with water and a laser beam. The jug had a pea-sized hole drilled in its side such that when the cork was removed from the top of the jug, water would begin to stream out the jug's side. The beam of laser light was then directed into the jug from the opposite side of the hole, through the water and into the falling stream. The laser light exited the jug through the hole but was still in the water. As the stream of water began to fall as a projectile along a parabolic path to the ground, the laser light became trapped within the water due to total internal reflection. Being in the more dense medium (water) and heading towards a boundary with a less dense medium (air), and being at angles of incidence greater than the critical angle, the light never leaves the stream of water. In fact, the stream of water acts as a light pipe to pipe the laser beam along its trajectory.

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