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Beneath and beyond frustrated total reflection: A practical demonstration

Carolina Filgueira-Rama, Alejandro Doval, Yago Arosa, Raúl de la Fuente
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 93, 157–163 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0207113
Published: February 2025
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A sundial with hour lines portraying the Earth

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Joachim Heierli
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 87, 955–960 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0000033
Published: December 2019
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Facilitating understanding of image formation through the luminous ray model mediated by virtual simulation

Hong-Syuan Wang, Sufen Chen, Miao-Hsuan Yen
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 86, 777–785 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5052447
Published: October 2018
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On the optical path length in refracting media

Javier E. Hasbun
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 86, 268–274 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5013008
Published: April 2018
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Interactive online optics modules for the college physics course

Barbara M. Hoeling
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 80, 334–338 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3677652
Published: April 2012
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Refraction in spacetime

Markku Jääskeläinen, Marijke Lombard, Ulrich Zülicke
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 79, 672–677 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3553459
Published: June 2011
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Acoustic scattering from a spherical lens irradiated by a finite transducer: Focusing effect and refraction

Miguel A. Parrales Borrero, Miguel Pérez-Saborid, Juan M. Fernández García
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 79, 401–408 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3546092
Published: April 2011
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The rainbow as a student project involving numerical calculations

David Skålid Amundsen, Camilla Nestande Kirkemo, Andreas Nakkerud, Jørgen Trømborg, Arnt Inge Vistnes
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 77, 795–798 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3152991
Published: September 2009
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From Newton to Einstein: A forgotten relativistic optics of moving bodies

Jean Eisenstaedt
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 75, 741–746 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2742398
Published: August 2007
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Comment on “Snell's law from an elementary particle viewpoint,” by D. Drosdoff and A. Widom [Am. J. Phys. 73 (10), 973–975 (2005)]

José-Philippe Pérez
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 74, 840 (2006)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2213636
Published: September 2006
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Snell’s law from an elementary particle viewpoint

D. Drosdoff, A. Widom
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 73, 973–975 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2000974
Published: October 2005
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A noncalculus proof that Fermat’s principle of least time implies the law of refraction

Harald Helfgott, Michel Helfgott
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 70, 1224–1225 (2002)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1514235
Published: December 2002
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Interference, diffraction, and refraction, via Dirac’s notation

F. J. Duarte
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 65, 637–640 (1997)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18613
Published: July 1997
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Using a linear approximation for single‐surface refraction to explain some virtual image phenomena

Igal Galili, Fred Goldberg
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 64, 256–264 (1996)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18213
Published: March 1996
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Tangent law of refraction for heat conduction through an interface and underlying variational principle

A. Tan, L. R. Holland
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 58, 988–991 (1990)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16263
Published: October 1990
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The Hamiltonian formulation of optics

Tetsundo Sekiguchi, Kurt Bernardo Wolf
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 55, 830–835 (1987)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14999
Published: September 1987
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Robert Grosseteste on Refraction Phenomena

Bruce S. Eastwood
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 38, 196–199 (1970)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1976279
Published: February 1970
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An Early Experimental Determination of Snell's Law

John W. Shirley
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 19, 507–508 (1951)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933068
Published: December 1951
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