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In this work, an alternative formulation of the laws of refraction of light is presented. The proposed formulation unifies the two established laws of refraction, and it is shown the correspondence ...

Abstract: Through millions of years of natural evolution, the crystalline cones of moth ommatidia have developed highly complex and precisely arranged microstructures. These structures play a crucial ...

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Sometimes, the simplest solutions are the most revolutionary and impactful. During Brazil's energy crisis in 2002, mechanic Alfredo Moser developed an accessible and effective way to illuminate indoor ...

When light passes through a material, the spatial arrangement of the material’s atoms can cause the light to undergo reflection, refraction, dispersion, or diffusion. Researchers from Heriot-Watt ...

Scientists have demonstrated that negative refraction can be achieved using atomic arrays -- without the need for artificially manufactured metamaterials. Scientists have long sought to control light ...

1 Department of Physics, Faculty of Exact and Applied Science, University of N’Djamena, N’Djamena, Chad. 2 Laboratory of Photonics, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Ngaoundere, ...

Snell's Law relates the sines of the angles of incidence and transmission to the refractive indices of each medium at the boundary. It applies to all materials across all phases of matter, with angles ...

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