An optic fiber is made of clear plastic with index of refraction of 1.50. for what angle of incidence will light remain within the plastic "guide"?

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Wesley Fischer

22 August, 08:53

An optic fiber is made of clear plastic with index of refraction of 1.50. for what angle of incidence will light remain within the plastic "guide"?

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Zaire Mason · Answer 1

Well what you need to do in order to know that is doing the following procedure:

n sin (theta) = 1 where n = 1.5

theta = arcsin (1/n) = 41.8.

so the angle will be 41.8 degrees