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A Revisit to the Double-prism Experiment of J. C. Bose

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Optical tunneling is a fascinating phenomenon. Some of the early optical tunneling experiments were conducted in the microwave range. The double-prism experiment of Sir J. C. Bose is the earliest among them. The theory of optical tunneling, based on Maxwell equations in electrodynamics, was developed a few years after Bose’s study. As far as our knowledge goes, there is no paper studying the conformity of Bose’s findings with the theory. In the present work, we have made a qualitative and quantitative investigation of the experimental measurements of Bose by comparing his results with the theoretical predictions and find a remarkably good agreement.

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I am grateful to Professor (retd) Soumen Kumar Roy of the Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, for helpful discussions.

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  1. Department of Physics, Ramsaday College, Amta, West Bengal, 711 401, India

    Nababrata Ghoshal

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Nababrata Ghoshal is an Associate Professor at Ramsaday College, West Bengal, and has been teaching physics at the undergraduate level since 2003. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics from Jadavpur University.

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Ghoshal, N. A Revisit to the Double-prism Experiment of J. C. Bose. Reson 27, 353–367 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-022-1326-1

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