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You are using a transparent tube as an optical fiber in open air (n air=1.00) you have calculated that the critical angle for the fiber is 34.5.
a) what is the index of refraction of your optical fiber?
b)to make your fiber more durable, you encase it in a cladding with an index of refraction equal to 1.35. Will the beam be reflected into the fiber or will it leak into the cladding when the incident angle inside the fiber is 50.
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