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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Why light suffer phase change of pi on reflection from denser medium

OpenStudy (anonymous):

When a light wave is reflected from the surface of an optically denser medium, it suffers a phase change of pi but it suffers no change in phase when reflected at the surface of optically rarer medium.

OpenStudy (vincent-lyon.fr):

Because of boundary laws between dielectric media.

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