Light refraction from air in glass in the case of light beam departure from the refracting surface

The effect of light refraction in the case of a light beam departing from the refracting face of a prism is examined in this paper. It is established that the refracted flux diminishes to zero as the angle of departure increases to 14°; the angle of refraction is independent of the angle of departure, and equals the angle of refraction of glazing rays. The nature of the distribution of the refracted ray intensity along the refracting face is determined. Data are presented about the intensity distribution in the refracted beam at the exit from the prism and in the plane of the radiation detector.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 12, pp. 55–58, December, 1987.The author is grateful to V. E. Zuev and S. D. Tvorogov for attention to the research and discussion of its results.