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I don’t think there’s a physical difference between reflection and re-radiation, is there? Reflection is just highly organized/non-diffuse.
by thehappypm 4y ago
I don’t think there’s a physical difference between reflection and re-radiation, is there? Reflection is just highly organized/non-diffuse.
- Fronzie 4y agoreflection is coherent, a single physical process. The light keeps it's phase and polarization. Re-radiation is incoherent, caused by multiple particle interactions (physical processes). So there's quite a difference in physics.
- thehappypm 4y agoCan you explain? As I understand it, in both cases, a photon comes in, gets absorbed by the material, and then gets re emitted.