The Goos-Hanchen shift led to a controversy over this effect owing to an unexpected displacement in the resultant (*) wave.
In 1897, Jagadis Chandra Bose used a setup consisting of two prisms to study this phenomenon. The "frustrated" form of it is similar to quantum tunneling, and is the basis for a type of fluoresence spectroscopy utilizing this effect and allowing one to visualize cell surfaces. The Goos-Hanchen shift led to a controversy over this effect owing to an unexpected displacement in the resultant (*) wave. Optical fibers use very small angles of incidence to achieve this effect, allowing them to transmit light across great distances. If the index of refraction of the first medium is greater than that of the second medium then, because light must bend away from the normal, this effect can occur at the critical angle . FTP, name this phenomena, where light at a boundary does not refract.
In 1897, Jagadis Chandra Bose used a setup consisting of two prisms to study this phenomenon.
{total internal reflection} (accept: TIR)