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SUBMITTER: Ding Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6425041 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Light, science & applications 20190320
Total internal reflection occurs when light is incident on the interface of high- and low-refractive-index materials at an angle greater than the critical angle. Sunlight with high degree of linear polarization, such as atmospheric scattered skylight, can be converted with a high efficiency up to 53% to circular and elliptical polarizations by total internal reflection under water in the region outside Snell's window. The degree of circular polarization is observed to be inversely dependent on t ...[more]