Definition of total internal reflection in English:
total internal reflection
noun
mass nounPhysics
The complete reflection of a light ray reaching an interface with a less dense medium when the angle of incidence exceeds the critical angle.
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Example sentencesExamples
By surrounding a transparent fibre core with a second material that has a lower refractive index, light in the inner core is trapped by total internal reflection.
We used two optical techniques developed recently to shed light on the process taking place after the fusion event: the laser trapping of a small bead and the evanescent wave illumination with total internal reflection.
The end of each fiber was polished at 40 deg to its longitudinal axis to produce total internal reflection of excitation light and collected fluorescence at this face.
We adjusted the angles of incidence of the laser beam such that total internal reflection took place at the interface of the quartz slide and the sample solution.
The technique uses the unique polarizations of evanescent waves generated by total internal reflection to excite the dipole moment of individual fluorophores.