Thermal wave reflection and refraction: Theoretical and experimental evidence

Citation
M. Bertolotti et al., Thermal wave reflection and refraction: Theoretical and experimental evidence, J APPL PHYS, 85(7), 1999, pp. 3540-3545
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
ISSN journal
00218979 → ACNP
Volume
85
Issue
7
Year of publication
1999
Pages
3540 - 3545
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8979(19990401)85:7<3540:TWRART>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
This article describes and proves the basic phenomena which take place when thermal waves approach an interface between two media: the reflection and the refraction. In synthesis the Snell law for plane thermal waves is prove d, both theoretically and experimentally, by means of the mirage technique. (C) 1999 American Institute of Physics. [S0021-8979(99)02307-5].