Wednesday, 17 August 2016

electromagnetism - Phase shift of 180 degrees of transversal wave on reflection from denser medium


Can anyone please provide an intuitive explanation of why phase shift of 180 degrees occurs in the Electric Field of a EM wave, when reflected from an optically denser medium?


I tried searching for it but everywhere the result is just used.The reason behind it is never specified.




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