Total Internal Reflection and Its Applications

The video tutorial covers the phenomenon of total internal reflection, explaining how it occurs when light travels between different media. It discusses refraction, the critical angle, and how to calculate it using the refractive index. The tutorial also explores applications of total internal reflection in prisms and optical fibers, highlighting its importance in technology and medicine.

What is the phenomenon of total internal reflection and how does it occur?

Explain the concept of the critical angle in relation to total internal reflection.

Describe the relationship between the angle of incidence and the angle of refraction.

How does the refractive index of a material affect the critical angle?

What happens to a light ray when the angle of incidence exceeds the critical angle?

Discuss the applications of total internal reflection in optical fibers.

How can total internal reflection be utilized in prisms?