Dear #physics #optics nerds: can someone point me to a video that explains exactly how mirrors work? I particular, how does a "reflected" ("reemitted", although it's actually a electron going back to a lower energy state?) photon know the _angle_ at which it should go?
Writing all this makes me wonder: AFAIK the frequency at which a photon is emitted when an electron goes back to a lower energy state depends on the "size" of that jump. Does that mean that mirrors can't reproduce all colors?
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