Café com Física

Reflectance and Transmittance - beyond Snell and Fresnel

by Dr Claudio Silva (LIP)

Portugal
Sala de Conferências (Departamento de Física FCTUC)

Sala de Conferências

Departamento de Física FCTUC

Universidade de Coimbra
Description

We see the world through the light that bounces once or multiple times in objects around us. As physicists, understanding this process is essential to improve the description of the signals in experimental physics. Moreover, this could give us new insights into novel computational models for image rendering in computer graphics. In this talk, we will introduce some concepts on light reflection, starting from the simple Snell and Fresnel equations to the solutions of the Chandrasekhar theory for diffuse reflection.

Organised by

Paulo Brás, Paulo Silva, Jaime Silva