Hi all,
I'd like to know if there exists an anlytic solution for this problem.
A beam starts at height = 0 with angle alpha, and passes through air of thickness A and then through a glass window of thickness D. When exiting the window, the beam's height is C.
A, D, C and the index of refraction are known. Is there an analytic solution for angle alpha? I think it doesn't exist, but maybe I'm overlooking something.
http://www.astro-electronic.de/Brechung.jpg
The general radical form is formidable, yet maybe this equation belongs
to those which could be transformed to a simpler case.
unfortunately it doesn't look like one of the simpler cases...
The general radical form is formidable, yet maybe this equation belongs
to those which could be transformed to a simpler case.
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