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A point source of light is placed at distance h below the surface of a large and deep lake. What fraction of light will escape through the surface of water?

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Due to TIR, light will be reflected back into the water if i > θc. So only that portion of incident light will escape which passes through the cone of angle θ = 2θc.

So, the fraction of light escaping
f=areaACBtotalareaofsphere=2πR2(1cosθc)4πR2=1cosθcc

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