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minus-squaretrash80@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoDo lenses absorb and re-emit light?
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoThat’s basically all that refraction is. A dead giveaway is that light doesn’t move at the speed of light in them.
minus-squareNeato@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoYes. Don’t think about individual photons. Think about billions of them with destructive and constructive interference. The probabilities of all the sitting l additive waves of light.
Do lenses absorb and re-emit light?
That’s basically all that refraction is. A dead giveaway is that light doesn’t move at the speed of light in them.
Yes.
Don’t think about individual photons. Think about billions of them with destructive and constructive interference. The probabilities of all the sitting l additive waves of light.