Reflectance -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

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Reflectance

The ratio of the energy of reflected to incident light from a dielectric, given by the Fresnel equations. In the case of normal incidence,

(1)

Natural light is unpolarized and so consists equally of TE and TM radiation. Therefore

(2)

For a complex index of refraction taking and gives

(3)

Fresnel Equations, Transmittance


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