What is reflection, is it the bouncing back of photon or re-emission of photon by first jumping to a higher energy state and then coming down due to interaction with incident photon?
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2Possible duplicates: https://physics.stackexchange.com/q/83105/2451 and links therein. – Qmechanic Feb 17 '18 at 17:03
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I suggest that you look at the derivation of the Fresnel reflection equations, and see if that clears up your confusion. – Floris Feb 17 '18 at 17:04
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3Possible duplicate of Explain reflection laws at the atomic level – Feb 17 '18 at 18:12