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The 25 pages that link to Total internal reflection, each with the reason it gives.

• Refractive indexRelated: The index contrast determines whether transmitted light can propagate.

• Fiber-optic communicationRelated: It is the basic ray-optics account of light confinement in fiber.

• Optical fiberRelated: Light can remain trapped inside a fiber core when it meets the core–cladding boundary at suitable angles.

• OpticsRelated: It confines light in optical fibers and prisms.

• Snell's lawRelated: Snell's law predicts the limiting angle beyond which no refracted ray propagates.

• Geometrical opticsRelated: It is the limiting case of refraction when no transmitted ray propagates.

• PrismRelated: Some prism designs use internal reflection instead of a reflective coating.

• LensRelated: Reflective optical elements can redirect rays through this boundary effect.

• Optical communicationRelated: This effect keeps light confined within many optical fibers.

• WaveguideRelated: It confines light in many dielectric guides.

• Angle of incidenceRelated: Incidence beyond the critical angle prevents a transmitted ray from propagating.

• Silicon photonicsRelated: It helps confine light inside high-index silicon waveguides.

• UlexiteRelated: Repeated internal reflection confines light within ulexite’s parallel fibers.

• Charles K. KaoRelated: This optical effect confines light within a fiber’s core.

• PentaprismRelated: It can provide one of the internal reflections that redirect light inside a pentaprism.

• Optical fiber coreRelated: The core–cladding index contrast allows rays to remain confined by this boundary effect.

• Prism lightingRelated: Some prism designs use internal reflection to redirect light efficiently.