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Target Diamond Structural Analysis (view source)
Revision as of 18:20, 26 March 2009
, 18:20, 26 March 2009→Compensating for Internal Reflection
Once again, the terms become very small very quickly. Because even the largest internal-reflection induced term (<math> 2 C _2 C _3 </math>) is more than an order of magnitude smaller than the needed terms, we can treat all internal reflection as error and ignore it.
Once again, the terms become very small very quickly. Because even the largest internal-reflection induced term (<math> 2 C _2 C _3 </math>) is more than an order of magnitude smaller than the needed terms, we can treat all internal reflection as error and ignore it.
This rapid decrease in amplitude is primarily because much of the initial amplitude is completely lost during the reflection process, since 83% of any remaining amplitude is lost each time the wave reflects off of the back of the diamond. This decrease is ''very'' significant. For example, when the wave <math> \phi _2 </math> exits the diamond, the light reflected back into the diamond has an amplitude less than three percent of the original wave, and 83% of ''this'' is lost when the wave reflects off of the back of the diamond, leaving less than half a percent of the initial amplitude.
== Color of the Laser ==
== Color of the Laser ==