Curving the Trajectory of Light in Refraction Index Gradients
This work seeks to present an investigation about the trajectories followed by rays of light passing through refractive index gradients that was entirely carried by high school students. Such trajectories are curved, therefore contradicting the common sense that light should always travel along stra...
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2024-03-01
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| description | This work seeks to present an investigation about the trajectories followed by rays of light passing through refractive index gradients that was entirely carried by high school students. Such trajectories are curved, therefore contradicting the common sense that light should always travel along straight lines. This fact causes the formation of distorted and striated images, similarly to a type of mirage known as Fata Morgana. Using a rectangular aquarium containing solutions with different gradients of sugar or water with a temperature gradient, we analyzed the conditions for image inversion to occur. Also, we were able to reconstruct a distorted image through our theoretical predictions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2457c30e461844c78d7c68eb3db024922024-03-12T07:39:30ZporSociedade Brasileira de FísicaRevista Brasileira de Ensino de Física1806-91262024-03-014610.1590/1806-9126-rbef-2023-0315Curving the Trajectory of Light in Refraction Index GradientsO. Polachinihttps://orcid.org/0009-0007-7794-2652F. Marqueshttps://orcid.org/0009-0001-1567-1638This work seeks to present an investigation about the trajectories followed by rays of light passing through refractive index gradients that was entirely carried by high school students. Such trajectories are curved, therefore contradicting the common sense that light should always travel along straight lines. This fact causes the formation of distorted and striated images, similarly to a type of mirage known as Fata Morgana. Using a rectangular aquarium containing solutions with different gradients of sugar or water with a temperature gradient, we analyzed the conditions for image inversion to occur. Also, we were able to reconstruct a distorted image through our theoretical predictions.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-11172024000100413&lng=en&tlng=enFata MorganaTrajectories of light raysRefractive index gradientConcentration gradientTemperature gradientLow cost experimentsActive learningScientific Olympiads |
| spellingShingle | O. Polachini F. Marques Curving the Trajectory of Light in Refraction Index Gradients Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Física Fata Morgana Trajectories of light rays Refractive index gradient Concentration gradient Temperature gradient Low cost experiments Active learning Scientific Olympiads |
| title | Curving the Trajectory of Light in Refraction Index Gradients |
| title_full | Curving the Trajectory of Light in Refraction Index Gradients |
| title_fullStr | Curving the Trajectory of Light in Refraction Index Gradients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Curving the Trajectory of Light in Refraction Index Gradients |
| title_short | Curving the Trajectory of Light in Refraction Index Gradients |
| title_sort | curving the trajectory of light in refraction index gradients |
| topic | Fata Morgana Trajectories of light rays Refractive index gradient Concentration gradient Temperature gradient Low cost experiments Active learning Scientific Olympiads |
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