Question

This quantity is related to the number of particles times mean polarizability by the Lorentz-Lorenz equation. This quantity can be (-5[1])negative in left-handed metamaterials. (10[2]-5[1])This quantity changes linearly in response to an electric field in Pockels effect, and it changes quadratically with the electric field in the Kerr effect. Taking the arctangent of the ratio of two values of this quantity gives Brewster’s angle. The ratio of two values of this quantity equals (10[1])the ratio of the sines of two (10[1])angles in Snell's (-5[1])law. (10[1])For 10 points, dividing the (10[1])speed of light by the speed of light in a medium gives what quantity that measures how much light bends in a medium? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: index of refraction [or refractive index; prompt on n]
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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY989%0%22%89.50
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%38%74.00
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY6100%0%0%71.50
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1182%0%36%91.11
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY978%0%33%96.29
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%20%54.20
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY888%0%25%72.14
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%22%71.56

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