index of refraction in a sentence

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1. The longer answer includes the fact that light slows down in matter ( see index of refraction ).
2. Its index of refraction is 1.443.
3. In gemology a different type of refractometer is used to measure index of refraction and birefringence of gemstones.
4. The index of refraction links these two ideas . Jburt1 23 : 05, 8 March 2006 ( UTC)
5. The plasma has an index of refraction lower than one, and causes a defocusing of the laser beam.
6. Under such conditions, power is refracted through an effectively negative angle, which implies an effectively negative index of refraction.
7. To achieve a negative index of refraction, however, permittivity with negative values must occur within the same frequency range.
8. These can be thought of as moving periodic planes of expansion and compression that change the index of refraction.
9. The index of refraction is the velocity of light in a vacuum divided by the velocity of light in medium.
10. They also have electrodes on either side of those materials that apply the voltages to change the index of refraction.