how to calculate reflection refraction of photon in matlab in matlab

Matlab has built-in functions for calculating reflection and refraction of light according to Snell's Law. Here's an example code snippet to calculate the reflected and refracted angles of photons for given indices of refraction:

%% Define inputs
% Incident angle of photon (in degrees)
theta_i = 30;

% Index of refraction of medium 1
n1 = 1; 

% Index of refraction of medium 2
n2 = 1.5; 

%% Calculate reflection and refraction
% Convert incident angle to radians
theta_i = deg2rad(theta_i);

% Calculate reflected angle using law of reflection
theta_r = -theta_i;

% Calculate refracted angle using Snell's law
theta_t = asin((n1/n2)*sin(theta_i));

% Convert refracted angle to degrees
theta_t = rad2deg(theta_t);

%% Display results
disp(['Incident angle: ' num2str(theta_i) ' rad']);
disp(['Reflected angle: ' num2str(theta_r) ' rad']);
disp(['Refracted angle: ' num2str(theta_t) ' rad']);
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In this example, we assume that light travels from medium 1 (e.g., air) to medium 2 (e.g., water). The code calculates the reflected angle and refracted angle based on the incident angle and the indices of refraction of the two media. The angles are output in radians.

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