I learned that there is usually a phase shift upon total internal reflection. How to calculate it depending on the refractive index of the dielectrics and angle of incidence? Does the phase shift occur for polarized light?
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1http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching/315/Waves/node53.html – sammy gerbil Jan 30 '18 at 14:09
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Possible duplicate of Wave reflection, boundary conditions? – sammy gerbil Jan 30 '18 at 14:54
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I have a trouble reading through the equations in the link you posted. Would you care to explain what the symbols employed represent? – Francis L. Jan 30 '18 at 16:28
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The formulae are more easily seen at the start of this article : https://scholarworks.uno.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1073&context=ee_facpubs – sammy gerbil Jan 31 '18 at 03:49
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I do this calculation in my answer here about the Goos-Hänchen effect; the last equation in the answer should help you, and you can read through the derivation to see exactly how it is applied. – Selene Routley Apr 02 '18 at 04:54
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This question is now fully answered in the Wikipedia article on Total internal reflection, which I have recently rewritten.
Gavin R. Putland
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