An Electromagnetic wave falls on to a boundary between two losses less homogeneous media with different refractive indices, a part of the wave is reflected back to the incident medium and the rest is transmitted on to the second media". This phenomenon is known as: (A) Fresnel reflection (B) Fresnel refraction (C) Snell's law (D) None of these

An Electromagnetic wave falls on to a boundary between two losses less homogeneous media
with different refractive indices, a part of the wave is reflected back to the incident medium and
the rest is transmitted on to the second media". This phenomenon is known as:
(A) Fresnel reflection
(B) Fresnel refraction
(C) Snell's law
(D) None of these
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Answer: Option A
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