written by Juan Aguirregabiria
edited by Wolfgang Christian

The Ejs Brewster's Angle model displays the electric field of an electromagnetic wave incident on a change of index of refraction.  The simulation allows an arbitrarily linearly (in parallel and perpendicular components) polarized wave to encounter the change of index of refraction.  The initial electric field and incidence angle change of index of refraction can all be changed via sliders.  You can modify this simulation if you have Ejs installed by right-clicking within the plot and selecting "Open Ejs Model" from the pop-up menu item.  

Ejs Brewster's Angle model was created using the Easy Java Simulations (Ejs) modeling tool.  It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive.  Double clicking the ejs_ehu_waves_brewster.jar file will run the program if Java is installed.  Ejs is a part of the Open Source Physics Project and is designed to make it easier to access, modify, and generate computer models.  Additional Ejs models for wave optics are available.  They can be found by searching ComPADRE for Open Source Physics, OSP, or Ejs.

• Download ejs_waves_brewster.jar - 1613kb Java Archive File

Last Modified June 4, 2014

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The source code zip archive contains an XML representation of the Ejs Brewster's Angle Model.  Unzip this archive in your Ejs workspace to compile and run this model using Ejs.

• Download ejs_ehu_waves_brewster.zip - 6kb Compressed File

Published September 29, 2008
Last Modified September 6, 2011

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