Base Information
Volume
V48 - N2 / 2015 International Year of Light
Reference
85-88
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.7149/OPA.48.2.85
Language
Spanish / Español
Keywords
Optics Education, Optics Experiments, Total Internal Reflection, Evanescent wave.
Abstract
The evanescent wave associated with the total internal reflection is clearly demonstrated by taking a laboratory photograph. Total internal reflection takes place at the interface of glass (equilateral prism) and water. Fluorescence generated by the evanescent wave can be observed due to a dye (rhodamine B) dissolved in water.
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