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diff --git a/beam_tracing/fresnel_reflection.m b/beam_tracing/fresnel_reflection.m new file mode 100644 index 0000000..347d60b --- /dev/null +++ b/beam_tracing/fresnel_reflection.m @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +function [R, theta_t] = fresnel_reflection(n1, n2, theta_i) +%% calculates intensity reflection coefficient for s and p polarizations +%% for light travelling from material with index of refraction n1 to material with n2 +%% theta_i - incident angle in medium 1 with respect to normal, could be a vector +%% R - coefficients of reflection array [Rs, Rp] +%% theta_t - transmitted/refracted angle in medium 2 with respect to normal + + if ( size(theta_i)(1) != 1) + error('theta_i must be a vector or scalar'); + end + + %% see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresnel_equations + %% refraction angle or angle of transmitted beam with respect to normal + sin_theta_t=n1/n2*sin(theta_i); + %% special cases: total internal reflection + indx = (abs(sin_theta_t) >= 1); + sin_theta_t( indx ) = sign( sin_theta_t(indx) ); + + + theta_t = asin(sin_theta_t); % angle of refraction or transmitted beam + + cos_theta_t = cos( theta_t ); + cos_theta_i = cos( theta_i ); + + Rs = ( ( n1*cos_theta_i - n2*cos_theta_t ) ./ ( n1*cos_theta_i + n2*cos_theta_t ) ).^2; + Rp = ( ( n1*cos_theta_t - n2*cos_theta_i ) ./ ( n1*cos_theta_t + n2*cos_theta_i ) ).^2; + R = [Rs; Rp]; +end |