Plots of real (blue) and imaginary (red) parts of the refractive index of water in the microwave wavelength regime. I went through old papers to dig up the experimental data (circles) to compare to a fit to the theory (dashed lines).

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Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Sep-2024 17:53:59 UTC Skulls in the Stars

To celebrate finishing my Electromagnetic Optics textbook, here's one of my favorite figures: it shows the theoretical prediction of the frequency dependence of the refractive index of water in the microwave regime. Circles are experimental data, which fit perfectly.

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