Total reflection with 3-cm waves

Experiment no.: 5.9.9
Totalreflexion mit 3-cm-Wellen
This experiment shows that, on total reflection of an electromagnetic wave at an optically less dense medium, an exponentially decaying wave forms.
Comment: The video shows a slightly different set-up.

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Experiment
Prisms together
Distance < λ
Distance ≈ λ
λ < distance < 2λ
Distance ≈ 2λ

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Total reflection with 3 cm waves
Total reflection

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