Discover the fascinating world of light with our interactive physics simulation. Explore Snell's Law as you witness light bending and refracting between different mediums in a novel and unique manner.
Inspiration: Our physics teachers taught us to enjoy physics and we learned a variety of concepts through virtual labs, and we want to pass on these experiences by allowing people to continue to learn physics through our simulations.
What it does: This simulation shows the diffraction of a ray of light as it passes through three different customizable mediums at various angles of incidence.
How we built it: We simulated the light rays with javascript
Challenges we ran into: Issues with the raytracing and mathematics
Accomplishments that we're proud of: The focus questions and the colored mediums, and the ability to internally reflect when the critical angle is reached.
What we learned: This project provided us with a deeper understanding of optics within the field of physics, particularly in relation to Snell's law. We also discovered that the index of refraction is actually a complex number.
What's next for Snell's Law Simulated Physics Lab: Expanding into a simulation of other aspects of optics, such as diffraction on curved surfaces, and/or a demonstration of the splitting of light through a prism, etc.
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