Reflection Of Light In Mirrors

In investigating reflection students investigate specular and diffuse reflection by looking into a dark box and shining a torch at various objects coloured paper and a mirror.

Reflection of light in mirrors.

Here the incident ray which is reflected along with reflected ray doesn t have the same angle to the normal as the incident ray. Reflection of light in a mirror according to the law of reflection images are reflected from a smooth surface such as a mirror at the same angle θ 2 as the incidence angle θ 1. Each individual ray of light that strikes the mirror will reflect according to the law of reflection. In this type of reflection rays of light that hit an irregular object with a rough surface are reflected back in all directions.

Reflection and refraction are the two main aspects of geometric optics. Reflection of light is either specular mirror like or diffuse retaining the energy but losing the image depending on the nature of the interface in specular reflection the phase of the reflected waves depends on the choice of the origin of coordinates but the relative phase between s and p te and tm polarizations is fixed by the properties of the media and of the. The light bulb will emit light in a variety of directions some of which will strike the mirror. Upon reflecting the light will converge at a point.

A mirror image is the result of light rays bounding off a reflective surface. Diffused irregular reflection is a non mirror like reflection of light.