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Experiment no.: 5.9.17
Lichtleiter
The tightly focused light from a laser enters a flexible, cylindrical Plexiglas rod. Due to repeated total reflection, it passes with virtually no loss to the end of the rod, where it finally emerges.

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Refraction and total reflection