 Reflected-to-transmitted transverse-electric amplitude ratio (source code)

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= Reflected-to-transmitted transverse-electric amplitude ratio

For equal permeabilities on the two sides of an interface, tangential-field continuity and <Snell law for electromagnetic waves> give
$$
\frac{E_R}{E_T}
=\frac12\left(1-\frac{\tan\theta_R}{\tan\theta_T}\right)
$$
for consistently signed electric amplitudes normal to the plane of incidence.

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