can refraction of light from one media to another take place in a non-gravitational environment??

Question

i think refraction is caused by bending of light rays due to decrease in speed and due to gravity.

Answer 1

light needs a large object like a star to have any measurable effect (gravitational lensing)

at the scale of a prism smaller than the whole earth, it would for all intents and purposes work the same way in space as on the ground.

Answer 2

"Non-gravitational environment" has me stumped. To my understanding, that kind of environment would have to be outside our universe where there is no matter. Gravity is an attractive force between objects having mass. Light has mass, so it is attracted to other bodies having mass (Force of Gravity), which force causes bending of light waves near large bodies. Refraction of light in a prism is again having to do with a gravitational environment because both the photon and the glass both have mass. Am I missing something? Or are you asking what's the difference between light being refracted "bent" when passing from one medium to another and also "bent" when passing a large stellar object?

Answer 3

We light transitions the interface between two mediums of different optical densities refraction is caused with no interferences from gravity.

Answer 4

No, it's due to the slowing (or speeding up) of the light in the different media, has nothing to do with gravity.

Answer 5

Gravity has no appreciable affect on light Only the phenomena known as a black hole affects light. Redirection such as the use of a prism is mechanical.