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For optical lasers, these irregular spurts – or filamentation – result from the index of refraction changing in the laser material.
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Thomas Linker,
The Conversation,
15 Oct. 2025
Light travels through water at three-quarters its speed in a vacuum, making water’s index of refraction 1.33.
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Bysara Reardon,
science.org,
5 Sep. 2024
The higher the index of refraction, the slower light travels in that medium.
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Rhett Allain,
WIRED,
23 Aug. 2024
Similarly, a time mirror is formed by an abrupt change in the index of refraction—but in time.
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IEEE Spectrum,
30 Aug. 2023
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Thomas Linker,
The Conversation,
15 Oct. 2025
Light travels through water at three-quarters its speed in a vacuum, making water’s index of refraction 1.33.
—
Bysara Reardon,
science.org,
5 Sep. 2024
The higher the index of refraction, the slower light travels in that medium.
—
Rhett Allain,
WIRED,
23 Aug. 2024
Similarly, a time mirror is formed by an abrupt change in the index of refraction—but in time.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Aug. 2023
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“Index of refraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/index%20of%20refraction. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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