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Refraction is a linear effect. This is nonlinear because two waves enter the gas at f1 and leave at f2 (the photon momentarily energizes an electron in the gas,
by mNovak 7y ago
Refraction is a linear effect. This is nonlinear because two waves enter the gas at f1 and leave at f2 (the photon momentarily energizes an electron in the gas, which collapses and releases a photon at another frequency)
- ryanthedev 7y agoYou cannot guarantee the angles at which they enter the gas. They also stated to using different wavelengths out of sync. Which would cause the angle of refraction to be different. Different angles of refraction lead to different changes of speed as they enter one medium to another. Also I'm not sure what you mean "the photon momentarily energizes". The photon has a constant amount of energy. A beautiful balance of kinetic vs potential energy.