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The Ray Box: Part One. Law of Reflection. The law of reflection for light states that when light is incident on a specular reflecting surface the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection. A specular reflector is a mirror-like reflector. Normal. Incident Beam. Reflected Beam.
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Law of Reflection The law of reflection for light states that when light is incident on a specular reflecting surface the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection. A specular reflector is a mirror-like reflector. Normal Incident Beam Reflected Beam qr qi Mirror
No matter what the shape of the mirror is, if it is a specular reflector, the incident beam angle and the reflected beam angle will be equal to each other. Specular reflection occurs all around us from the mirrors for shaving or make-up applications, to road reflectors, to reflections from smooth surfaces such as water and glass. Obviously there are many, many more.