PX284 - S2a - fresnel relations
- fresnel conditions:
- considering the two polarisation states of light:

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it is chosen to orient
such that , and point in the same direction where , so for the first figure, always points outwards, and for the second, it points to the right -
these are called the s- and the p-components, which stand for sentrecht and parallel (perpendicular and parallel in german)
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these refer to the orientation of the electric field with respect to the plane of the paper
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for the s-component, the electric field is continuous at the boundary
- defining
, and
- looking at the magnetic field:
- for dielectrics (
, the impedance:
- similarly, for the p-component:
- defining
and